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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably mould made, painted in red slip, blue, turquoise and black under a colourless glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl with angled flange rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: all designs are outlined in black. On the rim a meandering scroll of white stems and red and white split leaf palmettes, with inward curving tips, is reserved in blue. On the body, painted in blue and red on a turquoise ground, a symmetrical floral spray incorporates carnations, rosettes and broad ‘saz’ leaves with central stem of red prunus flowers, all arranged around an arabesque.
Exterior: undecorated except for the glaze that covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
Bequeathed by Mr T.H. Riches
Height: 6.3 cm
Weight: 1022 g
Width: 30.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-04-18) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, Late
Circa
1575
CE
-
Circa
1580
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( red slip, blue, turquoise and black)
Base
Diameter 16.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 30.7 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, probably mould made, painted in red slip, blue, turquoise and black under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.14-1950
Primary reference Number: 71965
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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