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Production: Unknown (Probably)
Pinkish buff earthenware. The upper part of the exterior is lead-glazed; the interior and rim of the exterior are tin-glazed off-white. Painted in very dark manganese appearing black, black and copper-green.
Shape 40. Circular with deep sides, rising upwards in a gentle convex curve to the widest point and then upwards steeply to the rim, which curves inwards; the base is flat and projects slightly.
Inside, within two black concentric circles, there is a knot with green squiggles on the arms and in the spaces between them, black Vs and green trefoils with two black wedge-shaped marks above each. Below the rim are a broad green band and a narrow black band.
History note: Purportedly excavated at the Palazzo Piccolomini, Siena.
F. Leverton Harris Bequest
Height: 15.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1926) by Harris, F. Leverton, The Right Hon.
14th Century
15th Century#
Medieval
Circa
1350
CE
-
1425
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( very dark manganese appearing black, black and copper-green)
lead-glaze
tin-glaze
Base
Diameter 12.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 27.8 cm
Body
Accession number: C.73-1927
Primary reference Number: 48031
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/48031 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:28:45
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 00:28:45|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-48031
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