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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a turquoise glaze painted in polychrome and gilded
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in turquoise glaze painted in red, green, black, blue and white and gilded.
Shape: inverted pear shaped jug on a flaring foot ring and topped with a cylindrical neck. A strap handle is attached to the neck and upper body.
Exterior: on the rim a black dentillated pattern is painted above a naskhi inscription, reserved in black. On the neck, a frieze of seated figures wearing red blue or green hats and patterned robes with gold arm bands are surrounded by cintimani in red, white, green and blue. The figures in red robes hold a cup in an out-stretched hand. On the shoulder a kufic style inscription is painted in black above a white cable patterns, containing red or blue lozenges. On the body, a frieze of stylised red flower buds, surrounded by red and white dots, are separated by red and black linear, horizontal arabesques. The handle is painted with broad horizontal black lines flanked by thin red lines. Glaze pools slightly on the lower body, terminating unevenly on the foot ring.
Interior: turquoise glaze covers the surface, otherwise undecorated.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 19.6 cm
Weight: 627 g
Width: 15.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( red, green, black, blue and white)
gold leaf
( small areas of gilding)
glaze
( turquoise, pools slightly on the lower body, terminating unevenly on the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 15.5 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in turquoise glaze painted in red, green, black, blue and white and gilded
Inscription present: reserved in black
Inscription present: painted in black
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: in pencil, directly onto the object surface
Accession number: C.126-1935
Primary reference Number: 71687
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.131
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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