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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a blue glaze and painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze and painted with lustre
Shape: globular body on a low foot ring, a collared cylindrical neck rises onto a cup-shaped mouth (reconstructed).
Exterior: dominating the body and enclosed above and below by concentric bands of lustre, a wide frieze of lamassu comprising winged lion body, decorated with hollow circles and a human head, enhanced by a halo. These figures are surrounded by scrolling half palmettes and reserved in lustre. On the lower body, a loosely painted lustre inscription forms a concentric band. On the upper body, just below the join of the neck, a narrow band of dotted, scrolling circles is painted in lustre. On the neck, and repeated on the reconstructed mouth, bands of lustre are painted at regular intervals, framing a scrolling vegetal frieze. Glaze terminates on the lower body, where is forms a slight ridge.
Interior: the body is undecorated and the neck has a turquoise glaze
Purchased from the Glaisher Fund
Height: 10.0 cm
Height: 19.5 cm
Weight: 1627 g
Width: 22.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, terminating on the lower body, where it forms a slight ridge.)
oxide colours
( brown)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Base
Diameter 11.0 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze and painted with lustre
Inscription present: loosely painted lustre cursive pseudo-script imitating Persian
Inscription present: hand written in black pencil
Inscription present: hand written in pencil and encircled
Accession number: C.155-1935
Primary reference Number: 72205
Old number: BP.91?
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/72205 Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:56:28
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University of Cambridge}}
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