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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, pierced and incised under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, pierced and incised under a turquoise glaze
Shape: conical bowl with gently concave sides, a plain rim, sits on a low foot ring.
Interior: incised with two concentric lines on the upper body between which scrolling lines are incised and pierced.
Exterior: piercing from the interior visible on the exterior surface. Glaze runs over the surface terminating on the lower body.
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: 7 g
Weight: 158 g
Width: 14.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glazing (coating)
( turquoise)
Interior
composed of
glazing (coating)
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 14.8 cm
Base
Diameter 5.5 cm
Interior Body
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, pierced and incised under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label, print in black
Inscription present: black rectangular label
Accession number: C.91-2019
Primary reference Number: 71068
Previous ID: AL.4-1983
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/71068 Accessed: 2024-12-22 10:38:11
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71068
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 10:38:11|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center">
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alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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