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Footed bowl

Title	Footed bowl
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1650
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Ceramics
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter: 20.7cm, Height: 10.6cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1399-1876
Record ID	1399-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1650
Notes	This bowl belongs to a group of ceramics called 'Gombroon wares' by an English visitor to Iran in 1698. Like this piece, they had a very glassy appearance. They were made of very fine fritware which had been cut away in places to form a pattern that was then filled by the glaze. Fritware was also known as stone paste or quartz paste. It was developed by Middle Eastern potters as a response to the challenge posed by Chinese porcelain. The main ingredient was fine quartz powder made by grinding sand or pebbles. Small quantities of white clay and a glassy substance known as frit were added. The clay gave plasticity. The frit helped to bind the body after firing.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Fritware, pierced, underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing
Fiziksel açıklama	Footed bowl, fritware, the slightly flaring straight-sided bowl is pierced with a broad band of chevron designs, and raised on a waisted stem with spreading foot. The interior is incised and painted in underglaze blue with a central six-point star, surrounded by a shield-shaped band, note how the blue wells in the the incised details, further details and decorative bands are painted in underglaze black, the glaze fills in the pierced openings.
Üretim	"Gombroon-painted ware"
Üslup	Safavid

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Footed bowl

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1650

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Ceramics

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter: 20.7cm, Height: 10.6cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1399-1876

Record ID 1399-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1650

Notes This bowl belongs to a group of ceramics called 'Gombroon wares' by an English visitor to Iran in 1698. Like this piece, they had a very glassy appearance. They were made of very fine fritware which had been cut away in places to form a pattern that was then filled by the glaze. Fritware was also known as stone paste or quartz paste. It was developed by Middle Eastern potters as a response to the challenge posed by Chinese porcelain. The main ingredient was fine quartz powder made by grinding sand or pebbles. Small quantities of white clay and a glassy substance known as frit were added. The clay gave plasticity. The frit helped to bind the body after firing.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Fritware, pierced, underglaze painted, glazed Fritware Underglazing

Fiziksel açıklama Footed bowl, fritware, the slightly flaring straight-sided bowl is pierced with a broad band of chevron designs, and raised on a waisted stem with spreading foot. The interior is incised and painted in underglaze blue with a central six-point star, surrounded by a shield-shaped band, note how the blue wells in the the incised details, further details and decorative bands are painted in underglaze black, the glaze fills in the pierced openings.

Üretim "Gombroon-painted ware"

Üslup Safavid