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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in brown lustre
Shape: globular body, slightly carinated at the shoulder and lower body sitting on a foot ring base. Inverted pear shaped neck with flaring rim.
Exterior: the rim (reconstructed) is painted with an imitation lustre band. The remaining surface is divided into decorative friezes, separated by lustre bands and all painted in lustre unless otherwise stated. On the neck, an initial frieze of pseudo-calligraphy is divided by panels of dots and dashes, followed by two friezes of tear-drop cartouche containing cypress trees and finally a chequer-board pattern containing dotted lines and scrolls. On the shoulder, a band of running quadrupeds is reserved in lustre above a nashki inscription. On the body, floriated kufic script (or pseudo-script) are reserved in lustre, framing a frieze of mounted riders separated by chequer board trees. On the lower body, an arabesque pattern is divided by stylised trees. Glaze terminates unevenly on the lower body or foot ring.
Interior: visible surface is glazed.
Purchased from the Glaisher Fund
Height: 31.5 cm
Weight: 1134 g
Width: 19.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1150
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colour
( brown)
glaze
( white, terminating unevenly on the lower body or foot ring.)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white)
Base
Diameter 10.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 3.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in brown lustre
Inscription present: Two bands of kufic style script appear painted upside down, reserved in lustre and floriated.
Inscription present: a band of naskhi script is painted in lustre
Inscription present: two inscriptions hand written in black pencil
Accession number: C.154-1935
Primary reference Number: 72190
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) "Bottle" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72190 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:10:00
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