Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in blue and black under a white glaze
Pinkish fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with an everted, angled rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with a black band and on the lip a frieze of pseudo epigraphy is separated by pairs of blue vertical lines. On the body blue lines, divided by panels of dots or scrolls, radiate from the roundel which contains a star shaped rosette.
Exterior: alternating pairs of black or blue lines radiate towards the rim. Glaze covers the lower body unevenly, in some cases running onto the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 9 cm
Weight: 930 g
Width: 28.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
Circa
1350
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( transparent, white, covers the lower body unevenly, in some areas running onto the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( transparent, white)
Rim
Diameter 28.5 cm
Base
Diameter 9.4 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Pinkish fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '80' (hand written in black), '66' and '81' (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto the vessel surface
- Text: '80'
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.107-1935
Primary reference Number: 71269
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.80
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
