Bowl with seated female figures
On displayDetails
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Title
Bowl with seated female figures
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Associated place
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Date
late 12th century -
Material and technique
fritware, with overglaze painting in lustre
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
8.7 cm (height)
19.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Sir Alan Barlow, 1956.
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Museum location
First floor | Gallery 31 | Islamic Middle East -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1956.108
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Glossary of terms
fritware
lustre
Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 94 on p. 90, pl. 41 a
Mason, Robert B., ‘Mediaeval Iranian Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a Multidisciplinary Study’, Iran, 35, (1997), (ASH.15) pp. 127 & 131, illus. p. 122