Pear-shaped ewer with a scroll border, anonymous, c. 1100 - c. 1299

Title(s)

Pear-shaped ewer with a scroll border

Object type

• ewer

Object number

BK-1985-63

Description

Kan van aardewerk gedecoreerd met op de schouder een ingegrifte band met ranken en bedekt met monochroom blauw alkaliglazuur.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Iran

Dating

c. 1100 - c. 1299

Material

• earthenware
• glaze

Technique

turning / fired / engraving / vitrification

Measurements

height 19.7 cm
diameter 9.3 cm
diameter 13.9 cm
diameter 7.2 cm

Credit line

• Gift of Mr and Mrs Oosterbaan-Lugt, Heemstede

Acquisition

gift 1985

Copyright

Public domain

• Cobalt and lustre : the first centuries of Islamic pottery, Manijeh Bayani, Ernst J. Grube, p. 179, 180-181, 192, afb. 178, 179-182, 207
• Nishapur : pottery of the early Islamic period, Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, p. 259
• Beschrijving collectie islamitische keramiek Rijksmuseum Amsterdam : per december 2006, Agnita van't Klooster, p. 21