Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: standing bull with curled horns, mounted on a plinth. A spout at the mouth and on the back, a handle attached to the rear spout and head.
Decoration: on the head and horns a muzzle covers the area leaving small white panels for the eyes, which are painted in fine lines. The handle attaches to this muzzle giving the appearance of a restraint. The body and legs are divided into panels by thick lines of lustre that are painted on area of relief moulding to form a harness and saddle cloth. Large circles are drawn on a background of dots and dashes within those panels, except in the semi-ovals beneath the saddle cloth, where a quadruped is reserved on a lustred ground incised with spirals. The glaze covers the plinth unevenly and there is a roughly drawn dotted circle in the centre.
History note: Found at Gurgan
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 18.5 cm
Weight: 414 g
Width: 15.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1200
CE
Exterior composed of oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white)
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Inscription present: rectangular black paper label
Inscription present: oval paper label, printed and hand written in black
Accession number: C.57-2019
Primary reference Number: 71040
Previous ID: AL.13-1983
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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