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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a turquoise glaze painted with lustre and red
Fritware, wheel thrown and mould made, coated in a turquoise glaze painted with lustre and red.
Shape: globular body, descending via a collar onto a narrow foot ring. Narrow cylindrical, collared neck ascending onto a cup shaped mouth decorated with pointed bosses.
Exterior: the rim is decorated with a lustre band (almost worn away) outlined with a red. On the body, the remains of a pattern of lustre split palmette scrolls are outlined with red. Glaze runs over the surface and terminates unevenly on the foot ring.
Interior: visible surface covered with glaze
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: 17.5 cm
Weight: 280 g
Width: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Late
Circa
1256
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
pigment
( red)
glaze
( turquoise, terminates unevenly on the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 3.1 cm
Base
Diameter 5.3 cm
Body
Neck And Rim
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.54-2019
Primary reference Number: 71043
Previous ID: AL.15-1976
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) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71043 Accessed: 2024-04-28 08:37:56
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-28 08:37:56|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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