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NM 0147/1931 :: fragment, bowl, sherd

Object description: Pinkish stonepaste, white, black and blue vegetal and geometric decoration under thick uncoloured transparent glaze. Decoration divided into vertical registers can be concluded fronm the dircation of the inscription on the external side of the fragment.

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Inventory number

NM 0147/1931

Serie nummer

12552

Object

fragment; bowl; sherd

Object, Swedish

skärva

Country - Origin

Egypt : Africa; Syria : Asia

Country, Swedish - Origin

Egypten [?]

Material

Glazed pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik; Lera; Glaserat lergods

Loan out - Current

2015.0001, Världskulturmuseet

Exhibition - Loan: KorsvägarKorsv%C3%A4gar

Acquisition

Gift from general consul Silfverhjelm, Calcutta, registered the 30/9/1931 (n°s 0122-0185/1931).

Description, Swedish

Fustatskärva

Description

Pinkish stonepaste, white, black and blue vegetal and geometric decoration under thick uncoloured transparent glaze. Decoration divided into vertical registers can be concluded fronm the dircation of the inscription on the external side of the fragment.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

1200-1399

Name - Acquired from

Silfverhjelm, C. A. E. (1872-01-29 - 1949-08-30), generalkonsul

Description: C.A.E. Silfverhjelm, Calcutta.
Source - http: www.adelsvapen.com, www.geni.com, collections.smvk.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition, external - Current

VKM:Korsvägar 1

Source - http: kulturarvsdata.se

Exhibition, external - Planned

VKM:Korsvägar RJ

Source - http: kulturarvsdata.se

Exhibition, external, Part of - Current

VKM:Korsvägar 1 - Zon E Mecka

Source - http: kulturarvsdata.se

Exhibition, external, Part of - Planned

VKM:korsvägar RJ-Sidenvägarna-Budhism

Source - http: kulturarvsdata.se

Exhibition, external, Showcase - Current

VKM:Korsvägar 1 Zon E4

Source - http: kulturarvsdata.se

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Utställningstext, Korsvägar

Keramikskärvan är dekorerad med mönster och skrift i vitt, blått och svart, ytan är täckt av färglös glasyr.

Skärvan kommer från en drejad skål. Dessa var lokalt tillverkade i Fustat, rester har hittats från brännugnar, men också från misslyckade bränningar där kärlen smält ihop under bränningen eller tappat formen.

Utställningstext, Korsvägar, eng

The ceramic sherd is decorated in black and blue, and covered with a layer of transparent glaze. Dates from the 14th century.

This type of ceramic is common among finds from Fustat, Egypt’s first Arabic capital. Decorations could include Arabic inscriptions, such as these do, as well as floral or medallion patterns. Even the outside could be decorated, with this type of bowl.

Something that these fragments in the display case are missing, but which is generally quite common, is the name of the person(s) who crafted it, painted in blue on the outside.

Comments

Not mentioned in previous inventory. Most certainly originating from a bowl as the NM 0496/1921 or the 0542/1921.

Soustiel 1985, p. 232, explains the complexity in dating and locating this kind of ware, since there is a production of similar kind in Iran, West Asia and in Egypt at the same time.

Inscription on interior side, only one word visible, ? bisadr?. Exterior inscription illegible.

Cf Publications

Soustiel J., La céramique Islamique, Le guide du connaisseur, Paris 1985, p. 232, fig. 261, 262. Lane A, Later Islamic Pottery, Persia, Syria Egypt, Turkey, London 1957, fig. 16 B (from Fustat).

PhotoNegNo

NM 0147_1931(1-2)

Dimensions

W. 9,5 cm, T. 0,6-0,9 cm

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002

Condition

Well preserved

Original register

Islam

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NM 0147/1931 :: fragment, bowl, sherd

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