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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in white, blue or turquoise glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in pitted and cracked white, blue or turquoise glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim, sits on a narrow foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with a band of lustre. On the body, radiating panel design comprising blue Maltese cross painted with lustre lines and dashes. Between the arms of this cross panels are filled either with turquoise or palmettes reserved in lustre.
Exterior: exterior is coated in a blue glaze, on the upper body an inscription is painted in lustre. Glaze runs unevenly over the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 330 g
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
-
Circa
1199
Monumental style
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, runs unevenly over the foot ring)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue, turquoise, white)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 19 cm
Base
Diameter 5.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in pitted and cracked white, blue or turquoise glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: Arabic script
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.113-1935
Primary reference Number: 71395
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.106
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/71395 Accessed: 2024-11-14 21:53:48
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71395
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-14 21:53:48|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-71395
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_113_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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