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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white glaze painted in four colours
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with red, grey and turquoise with black outlines.
Shape: carinated hemispherical bowl with a slight collar at the neck, sits on a low foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with a dentillated grey pattern. On the neck, grey kufic script is floriated with scrolling turquoise half palmettes on a red ground. On the body, enclosed with a roundel, a radiating panel design comprises a central star whose arms contain a turquoise naskh inscription. Between the arms triangular panels contain either arabesques or an irregular grid and lozenge pattern, both painted in grey, red, turquoise and black.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a turquoise band. On the neck, enclosed between red concentric lines, a naskh inscription is painted in turquoise and red. Glaze covers the surface to the foot ring where it terminates unevenly.
History note: Unknown before seller
Bought with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.7 cm
Weight: 414 g
Width: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
pigment
( turquoise and red with black outlines)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white)
pigment
( with red, grey and turquoise with black outlines)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 21.5 cm
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with red, grey and turquoise with black outlines
Inscription present: painted overglaze in turquoise and outlined in black
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: hand written in pencil directly onto the object surface
Accession number: C.134-1935
Primary reference Number: 71839
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.47
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/71839 Accessed: 2024-12-26 12:26:05
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 12:26:05|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-71839
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