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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in blue or white glaze painted in lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue or white glaze painted with lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl with everted, slightly collared rim, sits on a foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted with a lustre band; blue pigment runs over from the exterior. Radiating panel design painted in lustre comprising blue Maltese cross containing jewel like motifs and scrolls. Between the arms of this cross panels are filled with birds in reserve, or friezes of scrolling half palmettes and dots or scrolls. Glaze covers the surface unevenly, pooling in the base and leaving areas uncovered.
Exterior: lustre continues on the rim. On the upper body an inscription is painted in lustre but this is worn off in large sections. Glaze runs over the lower body unevenly, pooling in droplets around the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9.1 cm
Weight: 448 g
Width: 22.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Monumental style
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs over the lower body unevenly, pooling in droplets around the foot ring)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, blue)
Rim
Diameter 22.4 cm
Base
Diameter 7.4 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue or white glaze painted with lustre
Accession number: C.111-1935
Primary reference Number: 71334
Old number: BP.95
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/71334 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:07:42
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71334
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 22:07:42|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-71334
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/aa14/C_111_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
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