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ink-pot
(?)
Object Type
ink-pot
(?)
Museum number
G.341
Description
Sand-shaker. Stonepaste body, white slip, transparent colourless glaze, underglaze yellow, lustre overglaze.Slightly flattened globular body with pronounced shoulder, flaring rim, ring foot, glazed base. Decorated on sides with large five or six petalled flowers and leaves with striations. Row of hatched leaves on shoulder. Band of horizontal chevrons below rim. Band of hatched petals on interior of rim.
Cultures/periods
Safavid dynasty
Production date
17thC(late)
Production place
Made in:
Iran
Materials
ceramic
stonepaste
Technique
painted
lustred
glazed
slipped
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
8.50 centimetres
(base)
Diameter:
7 centimetres
(rim)
Height:
12.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Godman 1901 / The Godman collection of Oriental and Spanish pottery and glass, 1865-1900
(379)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Miss Edith Godman
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederick Du Cane Godman
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Julius Richard
(1889)
Acquisition date
1983
Department
Middle East
Registration number
G.341