albarello

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Object Type: albarello
Museum number: G.266
Description: Stonepaste albarello with fluted sides painted in olive lustre against a cobalt blue ground.
Cultures/periods: Mamluk dynasty
Production date: 14thC-15thC
Production place: Made in: Damascus
Materials: stonepaste
Technique: painted; mould-made; lustred
Dimensions: Diameter: 18.50 centimetres (rim); Height: 36.20 centimetres
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Curator's comments: Previously also attributed to Iran.
Bibliographic references: Porter 2003 / Mightier than the sword: Arabic script - beauty and meaning (17); Hayward 1976 / The Arts of Islam (313); Godman 1901 / The Godman collection of Oriental and Spanish pottery and glass, 1865-1900 (pl.vi); Lane 1957 / Later Islamic Pottery: Persia, Syria, Egypt, Turkey (fig.9); Wallis 1891 / Persian Ceramic Art Belonging to Mr F DuCane Godman, FRS: The Thirteenth Century Lustred Vases (pl.xii); Porter & Barakat 2004 / Mightier than the Sword: Arabic Script: Beauty and Meaning (41); Pinder-Wilson 1969 / Islamic Pottery, 800-1400 AD: an exhibition arranged by the Islamic Art Circle (179); Burlington 1885 / Illustrated Catalogue of Specimens of Persian and Arab Art Exhibited in 1885 (479); Oriental Ceramic Society 1950 / Early Islamic Wares: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held by the Oriental Ceramic Society from April 26th to June 7th 1950 (89)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2014 30 Mar - 29 Jun, Dallas Museum of Art, 'Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World' 2013-14 24 Oct - 9 Feb, Seville, Focus-Abengoa Foundation, 'Nur' 2004 7 Jan-7 Apr, Kuala Lumpur, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 'Mightier than the Sword' 2003 22 Mar-25 May, University of Melbourne, Ian Potter Museum of Art, 'Mightier than the Sword' 2023 27 May- 24 Sept, Horsham, Horsham Museum Art Gallery, Frederick Du Cane Godman 2023-2024 17 Dec-8 Aug, Los Angeles, LACMA, Dining with the Sultan: the fine art of feasting
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Miss Edith Godman
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Frederick Du Cane Godman; Previous owner/ex-collection: Charles Drury Edward Fortnum
Acquisition date: 1983
Department: Middle East
Registration number: G.266
Conservation: Treatment: 16 Jul 2013; Treatment: 04 Jun 1989; Treatment: 07 Jan 2003

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