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Aug 6, 2012
Aug 6, 2012
Jug with Running Animals
Jug with Running Animals
1150–1220
Iran, probably Kashan, Seljuq period of Iran
(1037–1194)
Fritware with design in carved and underglaze-painted slip ("silhouette" ware)
Overall: 13 x 14 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Diameter of rim: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1947.495
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"Silhouette" ware continues the tradition of painting with slip (liquefied clay) directly on the white body beneath the glaze. On this jug, thick black slip was applied and then carved with a knife to create the design of running animals and pseudo-script.
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