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Five earthenware fragments, with and without cream slips, enhanced with light and dark brown pigment and incised under yellow glazes
Long Description: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments body tones ranging from grey to reddish, some coated with cream slips, enhanced with light and dark brown pigment and incised under yellow glazes
A:
Shape: fragment of a bowl with convex walls and inverted rim, sitting on a low foot ring
Interior: yellow glaze applied over a cream slip, the rim enhanced with brown pigment under the glaze, and a triple incised line on the upper body. On the base an interweaving six-pointed star pattern is incised over a ground densely spiralling scribbled lines and vegetal decoration, the same background is repeated in a band enclosing the star.
Exterior: light brown surface colour produced by yellow glaze applied direct to the body, undecorated
B:
Shape: base and part of lower body of carinated cup standing on a small flaring foot ring, with straight sides, collared above the carination
Interior: Very pale yellow glaze applied over a cream slip; a large finely-incised six-pointed rosette infilled with brown on the base is encircled by two double lines on the lower body, above which the bottom of a lobed decoration enhanced with light brown glaze is partly visible
Exterior: pale yellow glaze over a cream slip running over the foot ring, decorated above the carination with parallel vertical dark brown lines painted under the glaze
C:
Shape: fragment of rim and upper body of a thin-walled vessel with straight sides flaring outwards slightly
Interior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, concentric lines below the rim and at the bottom of the fragment enclose an incised calligraphic band, the letters are defined with a thicker layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze
Exterior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, within concentric lines under the rim an incised band of s-shaped motifs is painted in alternating light and dark brown pigments and thicker layers of slip creating a paler tone
D:
Shape: small irregular fragment, with thin rounded walls
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, under an incised line below the rim is a group of incised calligraphy, the letters defined with a thicker layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze
Exterior: brown surface colour produced by a yellow glaze applied direct to the body, undecorated
E Cypriot, Paphos ware 14th Century
Shape: angular, out-turned foot ring and base
Interior: hatched medallion design incised through pale yellowy-green glaze over a speckled cream slip
Exterior: unglazed apart from one splash running down from the now-missing lower body
History note: From Farouk I University Alexandria
Method of acquisition: Unknown (1948) by Farouk I University, Alexandria, Egypt
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( dark brown, light brown)
glaze
( yellow)
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( dark brown)
glaze
( yellow)
Rim A
Diameter 21 cm
Rim D
Diameter 21 cm
Rim C
Diameter 23 cm
Foot Ring B
Diameter 5.1 cm
Foot Ring A
Diameter 5.7 cm
Rim E
Diameter 7.8 cm
Whole E
Height 3.3 cm
Weight 111 g
Width 7.5 cm
Whole B
Height 5.5 cm
Weight 120 g
Width 9.4 cm
Whole D
Height 6.4 cm
Weight 30 g
Width 5.8 cm
Whole C
Height 6.6 cm
Weight 39 g
Width 6.6 cm
Whole A
Height 9.7 cm
Weight 197 g
Width 12.7 cm
Throwing : Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments body tones ranging from grey to reddish, some coated with cream slips, enhanced with light and dark brown pigment and incised under yellow glazes
Accession number: C.18.3-1948
Primary reference Number: 72652
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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