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Maker/s	Unknown (potter)
Collection	Henry Scipio Reitlinger
Category	fritware (stonepaste) Islamic pottery (sub-category)lustreware (sub-category)
Name	bowl
School/Style	Seljuk Monumental style
Description	Fritware with a white glaze and lustre decoration Buff fritware, wheel thrown bowl with yellow-brown lustre decoration over an opaque white, crazed glaze. Shape: conical bowl with plain rim and foot ring. Interior: painted in lustre, small crescent shapes above a concentric line decorate the rim area. The central decoration, painted in reserve against a lustred background, depicts a seated male figure with a beard, wearing a headdress and spotted gown and holding a mace in his right hand. The background is covered with a scrolling vine with palmette leaves. Exterior: Rim is decorated with a band of lustre and below it, occupying the body of the vessel, is a repeating pattern of interlaced arabesques. The crazed glaze extends down the exterior to a mid point on the foot ring.
Production Place	Iran (potter) (country) () Iranian (potter) (nationality) ()
Technique Description	Buff fritware, wheel thrown bowl with yellow-brown lustre decoration over a clear, crazed glaze
Dimensions	height: (whole): 7.8 cm width: (whole): 18.8 cm diameter: (rim): 18.8 cm diameter: (base): 6.7 cm weight: (whole): 305 g
Period	late 12th Century
Date	circa 1179 to 1198
Provenance	bequeathed: Reitlinger, Henry Scipio 1950 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Inscriptions/Marks	label Position: exterior base Method: hand written in pencil Content: 313 / L Description: Circular paper label with a serrated edge
Documentation	Sotheby's (1986) Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles, London [page: 18] 15 October 1986) [comments: Publ. lot 89, withdrawn. Estimate £700-1,000] Lane, Arthur (1947) Early Islamic Pottery, London: Faber and Faber [comments: Cf. similar decorative styles see catalogue number 52C and 53C] Watson, Oliver (1985) Persian Lustre Ware, London: Faber and Faber Limited [page: 45-67] [comments: Cf. vessel form see Figure 2 (p. 50) and for similar decorative design (especially scrolling vine) but with different themes see catalogue number 10 and 12, (p. 47 and 53). Also see for Ref. on monumental style]
Other Notes
Accession Number	C.436-1991 (Applied Arts) (Reference Number: 75088; Input Date: 2004-03-11 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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