Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black and blue under a transparent glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: a radiating panel design in which the black triangular panels are inscribed and edged in blue. Between these panels a black arabesque and rosette flower on a stem are highlighted with blue.
Exterior: four black water weeds are painted at regular intervals on the body. Glaze runs over the surface covering the foot ring unevenly.
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: 10 cm
Weight: 381 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
( transparent, white)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( transparent white, runs over the surface covering the foot ring unevenly)
Rim
Diameter 21.2 cm
Base
Diameter 8.5 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: inscribed through black pigment, cursive script
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.48-2019
Primary reference Number: 71083
Previous ID: AL.66-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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