Back to Search

Bowl fragment

Title	Bowl fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1250
Publication Place	MÃ¡laga (made) -
Subject	Ceramics
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 21.50cm, Height: 19cm, Depth: 1.2cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1186-1897
Record ID	1186-1897
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1250
Notes	Fragment of a bowl, made in MÃ¡laga, Spain, 1250-1350, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Tin-glazed earthenware painted with a monochrome silver/copper lustre Tin-Glazed Earthenware Lustre-Painted
Fiziksel açıklama	Rim fragment from a small conical bowl, probably originally with a shallow profile. It is glazed on the exterior with a lead glaze and on the interior with an opaque tin-glaze. It is painted with a monochrome silver/copper lustre on the interior only. Its decoration consists of a geometric interlace pattern at the centre, surrounded by a wide frieze of vegetal scrolls border below the vertical rim. Technical Description The original diameter of this bowl can be extrapolated at 23 cm. It probably came down to quite a small base (of roughly the same size as C.1606-1927 ie approx 7 cm), since the thickness of the body starts to narrow as it approaches the foot. It was therefore not very big bowl originally and probably had quite a shallow profile. The clay is very fine and well-levigated. It is very red in colour. The tin-glaze is thick and white, indicating that a large amount of tin oxide has been used in the glaze mixture. The application of the lustre decoration suggests it has been painted on with a brush. It is a good quality lustre . There is a tripod scar at the bottom pointed corner which also has a bit of glaze stuck to it from the bowl which would have originally been stacked inside this bowl during the firing. It is very smooth on the back indicating that it has been turned with a tool. Long dragging areas in the concentric marks on the back indicate where a bit of clay has been caught in the tool as it was turning, probably on a wheel. There is no decoration on the exterior, which seems to have been glazed with a less expensive lead glaze.

View in source Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum - Ottoman library catalog search

Victoria and Albert Museum

Bowl fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1250

Publication Place MÃ¡laga (made) -

Subject Ceramics

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 21.50cm, Height: 19cm, Depth: 1.2cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1186-1897

Record ID 1186-1897

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1250

Notes Fragment of a bowl, made in MÃ¡laga, Spain, 1250-1350, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration

Malzemeler ve teknikler Tin-glazed earthenware painted with a monochrome silver/copper lustre Tin-Glazed Earthenware Lustre-Painted

Fiziksel açıklama Rim fragment from a small conical bowl, probably originally with a shallow profile. It is glazed on the exterior with a lead glaze and on the interior with an opaque tin-glaze. It is painted with a monochrome silver/copper lustre on the interior only. Its decoration consists of a geometric interlace pattern at the centre, surrounded by a wide frieze of vegetal scrolls border below the vertical rim. Technical Description The original diameter of this bowl can be extrapolated at 23 cm. It probably came down to quite a small base (of roughly the same size as C.1606-1927 ie approx 7 cm), since the thickness of the body starts to narrow as it approaches the foot. It was therefore not very big bowl originally and probably had quite a shallow profile. The clay is very fine and well-levigated. It is very red in colour. The tin-glaze is thick and white, indicating that a large amount of tin oxide has been used in the glaze mixture. The application of the lustre decoration suggests it has been painted on with a brush. It is a good quality lustre . There is a tripod scar at the bottom pointed corner which also has a bit of glaze stuck to it from the bowl which would have originally been stacked inside this bowl during the firing. It is very smooth on the back indicating that it has been turned with a tool. Long dragging areas in the concentric marks on the back indicate where a bit of clay has been caught in the tool as it was turning, probably on a wheel. There is no decoration on the exterior, which seems to have been glazed with a less expensive lead glaze.