Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black and blue under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: a radiating design incorporating black triangular inscribed panels with blue borders alternate with arabesques of palmette leaves and rosettes.
Exterior: a narrow black band is painted on the rim, while on the body black water weeds are painted. Glaze covers the surface and runs onto the foot ring.
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: 9.8 cm
Weight: 354 g
Width: 21.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( white, transparent, covers the surface and runs onto the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 21.2 cm
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: inscribed through black pigment
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Accession number: C.102-2019
Primary reference Number: 71081
Previous ID: AL.64-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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