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Bowl. Light-grey stoneware bowl, covered with splashed, blue, crackle glaze. The deep bowl is thickly potted, with gently swelling sides, an incurved mouth, an almost pointed well and strongly made footrim with recessed base incised with circular wheel marks. Thin grey-green glaze is on the lip and unevenly above the footrim, the rest is covered with blue crackle glaze with one purple splash inside.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 20.3 cm
Height: 8.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Song (style)
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
1200
Decoration
Throwing
: Thrown, covered with transparent glaze, decorated with incised marks
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: round, white, serrated label
Accession number: C.640-1991
Primary reference Number: 20999
Old object number: CHICER/270
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/20999 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:20:11
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