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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in blue, black green and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Shape: roughly square with slightly bevelled edges
Upper surface: all decoration is painted in polychrome. Occupying the centre of the tile, floral sprays incorporating lotus and stylised saz leaves are overlain with festooned mandorlas containing split leaf plamette arabseques. Echoing this decoration, along the left side a border, between lines of turquoise, a meandering, split palmette pattern is highlighted with turquoise and reserved in blue.
Underside: undecorated, thin layer of plaster adhered in patches.
History note: Joseph Dixon Collection, sold at Christie's, 16th-17th March 1911, Lot 145. Sold as part of a lot to Riches for 8.5 guineas
Given by T. H. Riches
Depth: 2.7 cm
Height: 29.8 cm
Weight: 3798 g
Width: 30 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1911-03-20) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, Late
Circa
1560
CE
-
Circa
1580
CE
Syria, Damascus (called Turkish on old slip)
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( blue, black green and turquoise) glaze ( colourless)
buff-coloured Fritware
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in blue, black green and turquoise under a colourless glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge on all except the upper edge
Inscription present: painted directly onto the surface, large
Accession number: C.24-1911
Primary reference Number: 17532
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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