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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, incised, pierced and splashed with blue under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, with incised and pierced decoration under splashes of blue and a slightly crazed clear glaze.
Shape: Cono-segmental bowl, finely potted with foot ring and slightly everted rim which displays indentations at four irregular intervals, possibly from the manufacturing process.
Interior: At a mid point on the body a frieze of incised abstract palmettes and scrolling vegetation is delimited, above and below by a pair of concentric lines. This frieze is also dotted with small piercings in no particular pattern. Four radiating blue lines, at roughly regular intervals, are splashed onto the body under the glaze.
Exterior: Body is pierced from the exterior surface leaving a lumpy appearance to the surface. Dots of blue paint are present at irregular intervals. The clear glaze extends down at least three quarters of the upper body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.7 cm
Weight: 335 g
Width: 20.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
1299
CE
Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Rim
Diameter 20.2 cm
Base
Diameter 7.3 cm
Interior Upper Body
Upper Body
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown, with incised and pierced decoration under splashes of blue and a slightly crazed clear glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge, small section ripped away on left hand edge
Accession number: C.169-1935
Primary reference Number: 72462
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.108
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/72462 Accessed: 2024-11-25 07:18:07
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72462
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 07:18:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-72462
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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