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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear crazed, pitted glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl, plain rim and slightly splayed foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a blue dentilated pattern. The body is divided into panels by six black radiating wedges, with blue edging and containing an Arabic inscription (cursive) painted in reserve. Each panel contains a repeating linear pattern comprising groups of four black dots.
Exterior: decoration is painted in black with a concentric band on the rim and a frieze comprising a scrolling water weed pattern on the upper body. Glaze runs unevenly over the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 10.5 cm
Width: 19.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
1220
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed and pitted; runs unevenly over the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear, crazed and pitted)
Rim
Diameter 19.8 cm
Base
Diameter 7.7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear crazed, pitted glaze
Inscription present: radiating pattern comprising six black vertical wedges, with blue edging and containing an inscription painted in reserve
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
Inscription present: pink rectangular label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.165-1935
Primary reference Number: 72391
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.118
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/72391 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:20:53
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72391
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 20:20:53|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-72391
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_165_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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