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Maker(s) &
Production:
Unknown, potter, North Africa, Egypt, Cairo
Collection:
Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Category:
earthenware
Name(s):
fragment
Islamic pottery; category
lustre ware; category
Date:
circa 1000 — 1099
School/Style:
Fatimid
Period:
11th Century
Description:
earthenware, wheel thrown, interior coated in a white glaze (thick on the interior, thin on the exterior) painted with lustre
Find Spot:
Fustat
Dimension(s):
height, whole, 4.1, cm
diameter, rim, 12, cm
diameter, base, 5.9, cm
weight, whole, 85, g
Acquisition:
given; 1919; The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition Credit:
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Documentation:
Watson, Oliver. 2004. Ceramics from Islamic Lands.London: Thames & Hudson
Cf. similar design in a larger bowl see Cat. Ja.6 (p. 279) and Cat.Ja.8 (LNS456 Cb, p. 280). Ref. on Fatimid lustre (pp. 272-283)
Philon, Helen. 1980. Early Islamic Ceramics: Ninth to Late Twelfth Centuries (Benaki Museum, Athens).London: Islamic Art Publications SA
Cf. similar design see Fig. 439 (p. 211). Ref. on Fatimid lustre
Accession:
Object Number: C.4.44-1919
(Applied Arts)
(record id: 74870; input: 2002-11-20; modified: 2012-10-04)
Permanent
Identifier:
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