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AS Collection Consignment : Slip-Painted Terracotta Ewer
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Slip-Painted Terracotta Ewer - LO.519
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 7th
th
Century AD
to 9th
th
Century AD
Dimensions:
9.5" (24.1cm) high
Collection: Islamic Art
Style: Unglazed Painted Ware
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: AS
£6,000.00
Location: Great Britain
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| Description |
The red earthenware ewer coated with a white
ground slip on which decoration is painted in
black. The cylindrical body is painted with scrolls
and geometric patterns covering also the neck
and the tall upward pointing spout. This vessel
betrays a zoomorphism which is evident from
looking from the handle, where some hidden
facial features are to be found like the large
roundels on the neck, indicating the eyes. This
type of vessel had apparently some magical
connotation and was probably used as a drinking
vessel in ceremonial occasions.
For a discussion on this type of vessel and
comparable examples see:
J.Kalter ed, Uzbekistan. Heirs to the Silk Road,
1997: no.271.
Zoomorphic ewer, buff earthenware with painted
black decoration; it stands on four short feet and
has a cylindrical neck with a tall and straight
spout
and a handle on the back; geometrical patterns
and
scrolls are painted in black on the body, the neck
and spout.
Central Asia, 7th – 9th century.
Comparative material: there are large number of
similar zoomorphic ewers in several public and
private collections, but so far hardly any has been
published. For such examples, cf. Fehérvári,
2000,
cat.nos.249-252, pp.195-96.
Prof. Geza Fehervari
Prof. Geoffrey King
- (LO.519)
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