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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white glaze and painted with lustre
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Shape: conical dish with wide, everted rim and a low foot ring
Interior: on the rim a band of pseudo-calligraphy is enclosed within two concentric bands. On the body, emanating from a central cross with triangular arms containing lustre scrolls and peacock eyes, a spiralling vegetal design incorporating split palmettes of two kinds: small examples painted in lustre and larger examples filled with further lustre scrolls.
Exterior: a lustre band, enclosing the decoration on the interior, continues onto the exterior of the dish. White glaze covers the surface, with occasional splashes of lustre, terminating on the lower body or foot ring.
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 7 cm
Weight: 1721 g
Width: 36.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
lustre
( oxide colours, splashes)
glaze
( white, terminating on the lower body or foot ring)
Interior
composed of
lustre
( oxide colours)
glaze
( white)
Base
Diameter 16.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 36.5 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Inscription present: white rectangular label printed in black
Accession number: C.45-2019
Primary reference Number: 71073
Previous ID: AL.53-1948
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) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71073 Accessed: 2024-12-27 23:16:57
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University of Cambridge}}
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