Maker:
Unknown; potter
Collection:
J.W.L. Glaisher
Category:
earthenware
Name(s):
fragment
Islamic pottery; category
sgraffito
Other Name:
sherd
Date:
circa 1300 — circa 1399
School/Style:
Mamluk
Period:
14th Century
Description:
earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a slip and incised under an amber glaze enchanced with two shades of brown
Production
Place:
North Africa, Egypt, Fustat
Production
Place (legacy):
Egypt, production, country
Egyptian, nationality
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.8, cm
width, whole, 9.1, cm
diameter, base, 5.8, cm
weight, whole, 147, g
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1928; Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr
Acquisition Credit:
Bequeathed by Dr. J.W.L. Glaisher, 1928
Documentation:
Rackham, Bernard. 1935 (reprinted Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1987). Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. 255
Publ. Vol. I, p. 255, no. 1995
Watson, Oliver. 2004. Ceramics from Islamic Lands.London: Thames & Hudson
Cf. sgraffito sherds see Cat. R.21. Ref. (pp. 413-4)
Walker, Bethany J.. Ceramic Evidence for Political Transformations in Early Mamluk Egypt.
Source Title: Mamluk Studies Review 8 1 (2004) : 1-114
Ref.
Accession:
Object Number: C.1995-1928
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 72944; input: 2004-03-11; modified: 2012-10-05)
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