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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Dark buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and exterior of the bowl and part of the top of the foot coated with cream slip, incised, and painted in brownish-yellow and green under thin lead-glaze. Circular with carinated sides and almost flat base, standing on a high, sloping, hollow, foot. The interior is decorated on the base with an incised circle containing four triangular motifs pointing inwards, two splashed with green and two with brownish yellow. On the sides below the rim there is a zig-zag line between two horizontal bands, dabbed alternately with green and brownish-yellow. On the exterior, there are two horizontal incised lines below the rim, and at regular intervals there are pairs of vertical incised lines and short stripes of alternate colours descending from the rim.
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.
Height: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Circa
1300
CE
-
1400
CE
Probably from Cyprus
Parts
composed of
slip
( cream)
Glaze
composed of
lead-glaze
Rim
Diameter 9.4 cm
Decoation
Decoration
Throwing : Dark buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and exterior of the bowl and part of the top of the foot coated with cream slip, incised, and painted in brownish-yellow and green under thin lead-glaze
Inscription present: circular paper label
Accession number: C.333-1991
Primary reference Number: 22509
Old object number: EURCER/488
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) "Cup" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/22509 Accessed: 2024-05-02 12:09:22
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Accession Number: C.6.1 & A & B-1974
Accession Number: C.6.7-1974
Accession Number: C.451.2 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.451.3 & A-1928
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