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Potter: Unknown
Fritware covered in a turquoise glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown with moulded handles, covered in a turquoise glaze
Shape: bulbous body narrowing to a straight, cylindrical neck and sitting on a wide foot ring. Two quadrupeds, possibly lions, with pointed ears and long tails, form opposing handles.
Exterior: undecorated except for a turquoise glaze, this covers the surface unevenly, terminating on the foot ring and with impurities creating small holes. A splash of blue partially covers a large protruding impurity at a mid-point on the body.
Interior: covered unevenly with turquoise 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: 15 cm
Weight: 735 g
Width: 20.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century-13th Century, Early
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( covered unevenly with turquoise glaze)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( turquoise glaze covering the surface unevenly, terminating on the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 11.7 cm
Base
Diameter 9.8 cm
Handles
Moulding : Fritware, probably wheel thrown with moulded handles, covered in a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: rectangular black paper label printed in white
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label printed in black
Inscription present: hand written in black and blue
Accession number: C.53-2019
Primary reference Number: 71067
Previous ID: AL.4-1976
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) "Posset pot" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71067 Accessed: 2024-12-22 20:25:33
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University of Cambridge}}
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