IDENTIFIERS
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id:	138559
accession number:	C.168-1935

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 12 July 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: red-brown earthenware coated in a cream slip, which is carved and partially coloured green all under a clear glaze
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sitting on a disk base.
Interior: on the body a frieze of hook beaked birds, with well defined wings and facial features and surrounded by curling leaves, are delimited by pairs of incised lines, all carved into the cream slip. Splashes of green pigment are visible on the upper body; glaze pools slightly in the base. Three scar marks resulting from the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln are visible on the base.
Exterior: on the upper body, the glaze is coloured green, almost covering the cream slip on the upper body.
object type: earthenware coated in cream slip, carved under a clear glaze
title:	bowl

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138559


SUBJECTS
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birds
birds



TECHNIQUES
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red-brown earthenware coated in a cream slip, which is carved and partially coloured green all under a clear glaze
throwing

CATEGORIES
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category: glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1000 - 1299
creation date earliest:	1000
creation date latest:	1299
culture:	11th-13th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 6.6

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 351

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 18.2



CITATIONS
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La Céramique Islamique
Sgraffiato. Types and Distribution
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
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