Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a cream slip painted in three colours under a clear glaze
Red earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in a cream slip, painted in brown, orange, green and cream under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: conical bowl on a disc base
Interior: painted on a cream slip, brown triangles hand from the rim. Radiating from a rosette on the base, two groups of stylised flowers are painted, all in brown or green often with cream dots. These flowers are separated by a palmette with incised scrolls or Arabic inscription both in orange, brown and cream dots.
Exterior: cream slip and a thin line of glaze are present on or just below the rim. Remainder is undecorated.
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: 7.3 cm
Weight: 419 g
Width: 19.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
10th Century
Circa
900
CE
-
999
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, slightly crazed)
slip
( cream)
pigment
( slip painted in brown, green, orange and cream)
Exterior Rim
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 19.8 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Throwing : Red earthenware, wheel thrown, on the interior coated in a cream slip, painted in brown, orange, green and cream under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Inscription present: written directly onto vessel surface
Accession number: C.67-2019
Primary reference Number: 71101
Previous ID: AL.96-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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