Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in blue under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly out-turned rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a concentric blue band. Blue lines, occupying all the body, radiate from a central blue dot on the base.
Exterior: blue lines radiate from the base towards the rim. Glaze runs over the surface unevenly to the lower body and top of the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 8.8 cm
Weight: 292 g
Width: 21.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
Circa
1220
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( white, transparent, runs over the surface unevenly to the lower body and top of the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Rim
Diameter 21.3 cm
Base
Diameter 8 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a transparent white glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '90' hand written in black ink, ‘59’, hand written in pencil (crossed through on the right hand side)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: pink paper label with serrated edges printed
- Text: Arabic script, not transcribed
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written in pencil directly onto the object surface
- Text: 90
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.100-1935
Primary reference Number: 71120
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.90
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
