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Christ and the Woman of Canaan
Pottery: unidentified London pottery
Buff earthenware, tin-glazed greyish-white on the upper surface and painted in manganese. Within a circular medallion, framed by two concentric lines, 'Christ Addressing a Kneeling Woman'; two hounds in the background; barred ox-head corners. There is a hole in the top right and in the lower left corner.
History note: From a fireplace surround in the upper room at Sennitts’, the Butcher’s, 17 Peas Hill, Cambridge bought by Stanley Woolston, Cambridge and sold on 26 August 1924 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 12.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1730
CE
-
1760
CE
The action depicted is described in the Bible, New Testament, Matthew 15: 21-28
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( greyish-white)
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( manganese)
Whoel
Depth 0.8 cm
buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.2823.26-1928
Primary reference Number: 15495
Old object number: 4479b
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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