These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Potter: Unknown
Fritware decorated with slip under a white glaze painted with four colours and gilded
Fritware, wheel thrown, with slip decoration under a white glaze painted in blue, turquoise, black, red and gilded.
Shape: carinated bowl with a collared rim, sits on a flaring foot ring
Interior: the rim covered with a gilt band above a blue concentric line. On the neck a frieze comprises medallions, enclosing turquoise half palmettes reserved in black, which alternate with opposing birds perched on half palmettes, painted in blue, red or white and reserved in blue or red. Slip and gilding is used to enclose this frieze. On the body zig zag lines are painted in blue red and turquoise. In the roundel, a honey comb pattern is formed from red, blue and turquoise triangles, which enclose birds formed from slip, outlined in red and gilded.
Exterior: on the rim black palmettes are reserved on a turquoise ground. On the body turquoise birds painted on a red ground are interspersed with blue rosettes and spandrels and turquoise tear drop cartouche. Glaze runs over the foot ring where it terminates unevenly.
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 9.8 cm
Weight: 488 g
Width: 21.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise, black and red)
gold leaf
( in small areas)
slip
( to create relief decoration)
glaze
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise, black and red)
glaze
( white, runs over the foot ring where it terminates unevenly)
Rim
Diameter 21.9 cm
Base
Diameter 8.5 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, with slip decoration under a white glaze painted in blue, turquoise, black, red and gilded
Inscription present: white rectangular paper label
Inscription present: white oval label
Inscription present: black paper label
Accession number: C.51-2019
Primary reference Number: 71095
Previous ID: AL.79-1948
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) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71095 Accessed: 2024-12-22 10:41:01
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71095
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 10:41:01|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-71095
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/AL_79_1948_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
