IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72635 accession number: C.18.11-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 21 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments with various provenances, body tones ranging from reddish to dark brown with inclusions, coated with cream slips and incised under glazes including yellow, pale yellow and greenish glazes, enhanced with dark brown and green pigments A: Probably Paphos, 13th century Shape: Vessel fragment, including part of inverted upper body and section of triangular rim, Similar to B Interior: Pale yellowy-green glaze over a cream slip, with a line of brown pigment running over surface from the rim. Below incised concentric double lines inside the rim and at the carination, the upper body is decorated with a lobed pattern of curving lines over a ground of scrolling decoration and dense scribbles Exterior: Brown undecorated glaze over a cream slip B: Probably Paphos, 13th century Shape: Vessel fragment, including part of inverted upper body and section of triangular rim. Similar to A. Interior: Pale yellowy-green glaze over a cream slip, with a line of brown pigment running over surface from the rim and another at the lower corner, a sparse pattern of lightly incised scallops is encircled by incised concentric double lines inside the rim and at the carination Exterior: Brown glaze over a cream slip, an area of yellow glaze from the rim running down in two lines over the body C: Paphos, 13th century Shape: Vessel fragment, including part of carinated upper body with a concave vertical wall and section of triangular rim Interior: Pale yellowy-green transparent glaze over a flecked cream slip, a hatched medallion pattern and one thin line incised on the upper body, concentric lines incised around the rim, with a few splashes of green pigment running over the surface from the rim Exterior: A splash of cream slip running over from the rim, under a pale green glaze applied directly to the dark body fabric D: Mamluk sgraffito, late 13th -14th century Shape: Fragment of slightly inverted rim Interior: Yellow glaze applied over a cream slip, on the body, a decorative band of angular pseudo script over a background of scribbled spirals is enclosed above and below by double lines Exterior: Undecorated green glaze over a cream slip, pooling at the rim. E: Byzantine, possibly 12th century Shape: Fragment of curved body Interior: Pale yellowy-green glaze over a cream slip, the slip incised and carved away in places to produce a champlevé decoration of floral and lobed elements, and straight lines Exterior: Undecorated brown glaze applied directly to the body F: Byzantine 13th/14th century Shape: section of slightly curving lower body with approximately half of base and low ring foot Interior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, incised concentric circles around base and lower body, possibly produced using a compass, with two thin wavy lines incised between these circles Exterior: Unglazed and undecorated G: Probably Mamluk sgrafitto, 14th century Shape: lower body with curved walls and part of carination at top of lower body, with approximately half of base and flaring ring foot; atypical shape for Mamluk sgrafitto Interior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, the base is decorated with an abstract carved and incised pattern of vegetal elements and encircled by an incised double line with one wavy line above Exterior: Yellow glaze is applied over a cream slip, running over and to the underside of the flaring foot ring object type: Seven earthenware fragments, all with a cream slip incised under yellow, pale yellow and greenish glazes, enhanced with dark brown and green pigments title: sherds NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Farouk I University Alexandria LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72635 TECHNIQUES ---------- Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments with various provenances, body tones ranging from reddish to dark brown with inclusions, coated with cream slips and incised under glazes including yellow, pale yellow and greenish glazes, enhanced with dark brown and green pigments throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1100 - 1399 creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1399 culture: 12th Century-14th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Céramiques médiévales à Alexandrie. Contribution à l’histoire économiques de la ville Ceramic Evidence for Political Transformations in Early Mamluk Egypt Ceramics from Islamic Lands Pottery of the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk Periods in Israel Archaeological Excavations at Kom-el-Dik. A Preliminary Report on the Medieval Pottery --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_18_11_1948.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/mid_C_18_11_1948.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_18_11_1948.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/preview_C_18_11_1948.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels