Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware with painted or carved black slip under a translucent green glaze
Fritware, moulded, painted in black or carved into black slip under a transparent green glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl, thickly potted, with flat, bracketed rim on a wide, very low foot ring.
Interior: on the lip a frieze of diamond shapes is painted in reserve against a black background. The upper edge of this frieze is bracketed, reflecting the rim shape. On the body, a frieze of lobbed medallions, framed above and below by half medallions, is carved into a thick black slip. Each medallion contains a black dot; they are joined by green lines and separated by green dots, reflecting the coloured glaze. The roundel is defined by black concentric lines; it contains a central rosette framed by further lines and a band of medallions identical to those on the body.
Exterior: on the lip a frieze of wavey lines is contained between a lower concentric line and an upper bracketed line, the latter reflecting the rim shape. On the body, a frieze of sprouting leaves and buds is painted within a pair of concentric lines. Another pair of concentric lines is painted on the base. The glaze runs over the foot ring unevenly, in places covering the rim; on the underside there is a thin, pitted green glaze.
Legal notes
Given by Lady Barlow
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 34.7 cm
Height: 6.2 cm
Weight: 1517 g
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1968)
by
Barlow, Lady
Dating
16th Century
Circa
1500
CE
-
1599
CE
School or Style
early Safavid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
slip
( black)
glaze
( translucent, green)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( green, runs over the foot ring unevenly, in places covering the rim; on the underside there is a thin, pitted green glaze)
Base
Diameter 22.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 34.7 cm
Exterior Body
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Fritware, moulded, painted in black or carved into black slip under a transparent green glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.14-1968
Primary reference Number: 71967
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
