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Fritware, coated in a white glaze painted in polychrome and gilded
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in blue, red, green, black, and brown and gilded.
Shape: carinated bowl with a slightly everted, collared neck, sits on a flat base
Interior: the rim is painted with a blue dentillated pattern. On the neck a kufic inscription is outlined in black and surrounded by black scrolling tendrils, all reserved on a blue band. In the centre of the body, a horizontal line of three mounted horsemen with up-stretched arms, wear polychrome robes and ride blue or brown steads with gilded reins. The central horseman holds a string in his right hand that is connected to a blue, red, green and gold balloon comprising a pair of split leaf palmettes, which flank central dotted tear drop cartouche on which a bird is perched. Either side of the balloon two figures are seated, wearing polychrome robes with gilded arm bands. Three red, green and blue quatrefoils are painted around the human figures. Below the horsemen two inversed sphinx are painted either side of a similar balloon to that on the upper section.
Exterior: on the neck, a kufic inscription is outlined in black and reserved on a blue band. On the base a human face forms the centre of a radiating solar design of blue, red and green triangles and lines.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.5 cm
Weight: 394 g
Width: 19.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, green, red and black)
glaze
( white)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, red, green, black, and brown)
gold leaf
( gilding in small areas)
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 19.6 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in blue, red, green, black, and brown and gilded
Inscription present: kufic inscription is outlined in black and surrounded by black scrolling tendrils, reserved on a blue band
Inscription present: kufic inscription is outlined in black and reserved on a blue band
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto vessel surface
Accession number: C.146-1935
Primary reference Number: 72039
Old number: BP.38
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/72039 Accessed: 2024-11-24 23:58:51
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72039
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 23:58:51|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-72039
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa15/C_146_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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