JUG WITH ZOOMORPHIC AND PHYTOMORPHIC MOTIFS
Islamic Period
JUG WITH ZOOMORPHIC AND PHYTOMORPHIC MOTIFS
Painted wheel-made pottery.
Height: 19.9 cm. Maximum diameter: 15 cm. Diameter at mouth: 5.4; Base diameter: 9.2 cm.
Hispano-Muslim. 10th century.
Origin
Mesas de Asta. Jerez de la Frontera. Cádiz.
Description
Vessel with oval body and thin neck, decorated with four circles alternating flowers (irises) and stylised birds in reddish-brown paint. The neck is decorated with two parallel horizontal lines, and rain drops. The everted and flat rim has radial marks. The two circles where the handles meet the neck are separated by small ovals with strokes in the interior. The incomplete state of the piece prevents us from establishing whether it had one or two handles. The closest parallels in terms of shape are found in the collection of ceramics found in the Palatine city of Madinat al-Zahra in Cordoba. The decorative motifs can be found on different materials such as ivories, cloth or plaster throughout much of the Omeya period.
Bibliography
- Esteve, M. (1945): Excavaciones de Asta Regia (Mesas de Asta, Jerez). Campaña de 1942-43. Acta Arqueológica Hispánica III, p 30 and fig.2.
- Pavón, B. (1981): Jerez de la Frontera, ciudad medieval. Arte islámico y mudéjar. Asociación Española de Orientalistas, pp. 33-34.
