Beaker with epigraphic decoration
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Title
Beaker with epigraphic decoration
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Associated place
Iran (place of creation) -
Date
2nd half of the 12th century
Great Seljuq Period (1040 - 1194) -
Material and technique
fritware, with decoration carved through a black slip under a turquoise glaze
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Object type
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Dimensions
11.8 cm (height)
12.7 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.
EA1956.60
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Glossary of terms
fritware
glaze
slip
Further reading
Allan, James W., Medieval Middle Eastern Pottery (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1971), p. 24, illus. p. 27 pl. 22
Fehérvári, Géza, Islamic Pottery: A Comprehensive Study Based on the Barlow Collection (London: Faber and Faber, 1973), no. 83 on p. 83, pl. 37 a
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