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Bowl: C.334-1991

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Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Slip-coated earthenware with incised decoration painted in green and yellow under lead-glaze

Pale buff earthenware, thrown, the interior coated with cream slip, incised, and painted with green and yellow under lead-glaze; the upper part of the exterior lead-glazed; the lower part and footring unglazed. Circular with carinated sides, standing on a high sloping footring. There are three spur marks on the inside. Decorated on the interior with a double circle containing eight narrow petals with foliage in four of the spaces. There are two large splodges of green and two of yellow over the design. On the sides below the rims there is a border of stylized leaves between pairs of horizontal bands, with alternate splodges of green and yellow over it.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

14th Century
15th Century#
Circa 1300 CE - 1500 CE

Note

Probably from Cyprus

School or Style

Byzantine

Components of the work

Parts composed of slip ( cream)
Glaze composed of lead-glaze
Rim Diameter 15.7 cm
Decoation
Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Pale buff earthenware, thrown, the interior coated with cream slip, incised, and painted with green and yellow under lead-glaze; the upper part of the exterior lead-glazed; the lower part and footring unglazed

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.334-1991
Primary reference Number: 22513
Old object number: EURCER/325
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 6 December 2012 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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