Dish with vegetal and calligraphic decoration
On displayThis is a genuine vessel in fragmentary state – most likely a round bowl – which was creatively reconstructed as a ‘boat-shaped’ dish because of the missing parts.
Details
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Title
Dish with vegetal and calligraphic decoration
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Associated place
Iran (place of creation) -
Date
early 13th century -
Material and technique
fritware, with painting in black under a turquoise glaze
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
5.5 x 19.7 x 13.5 cm (height x width x depth) -
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.
EA1956.167
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Glossary of terms
fritware
glaze
Further reading
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 115 on p. 97, pl. 50 c