Maker:
Unknown
Collection:
Sir Frank Lee collection
Category:
fritware (stonepaste)
Name(s):
dish
Islamic pottery; category
monochrome glazed ware; category
Date:
circa 1100 — circa 1299
School/Style(s):
Seljuk; Il-Khanid
Period:
12th-13th Century
Description(s):
fritware incised and coated in a turquoise glaze
Fritware, mould made with hand made feet, incised under a turquoise glaze
Shape: shallow dish with foliated rim descending via a sharp carination onto a flat base, sits on five applied ball-shaped feet
Interior: lightly incised with scrolling lines on the base and radiating straight lines on the rim.
Exterior: undecorated except for glaze, which terminates unevenly on the lower body and runs over onto the base in places.
Production
Place:
, Iran
Production
Place (legacy):
Iran, production, country
Iranian, nationality
Technique(s):
moulding; whole
incising; interior body
glazing (coating); interior; turquoise
glazing (coating); rim
glazing (coating); exterior body; turquoise, terminating unevenly on the lower body and running over onto the base in places
hand-forming; feet; five applied ball-shaped feet
Material(s):
fritware; whole
glaze; interior; turquoise
glaze; exterior body; turquoise, terminating unevenly on the lower body and running over onto the base in places
Technique
Description:
Fritware, mould made with hand made feet, incised under a turquoise glaze
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.5, cm
width, whole, 14, cm
diamater, rim, 14, cm
diamater, base, 10.5, cm
weight, whole, 196, g
Acquisition:
given; 1971-07-22; Lee, Lady
Acquisition Credit:
Given by Lady Lee in memory of her husband Sir Frank Lee
Documentation:
Watson, Oliver. 2004. Ceramics from Islamic Lands.London: Thames & Hudson
Cf. turquoise glazed fritware with incisions under the glaze see catalogue number L.19. Ref
Morgan, P.. Grube, Ernst J. (ed.). 1994. Iranian Stone-Paste Pottery of the Saljuq Period. Types and Distribution. Oxford University Press
Source Title: Cobalt Blue and Lustre. The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. IX ()
Cf. similar shape, except for rim and glaze see catalogue number 183 (p. 182). Ref. on Iranian stonepastes
Watson, Oliver. Vickers, M.. Pottery and Metal Shapes in Persia in the 12th and 13th Centuries.Oxford: Oxford University Press
Source Title: Pots & Pans. A Colloqium on Precious Metals and Ceramics(1986)
Cf. similar shape but in lustre or metal see fig 3 and 3a (pp. 208-9)
Accession:
Object Number: C.1-1971
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 71525; input: 2004-03-11; modified: 2012-06-28)
Permanent
Identifier:
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