Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Three earthenware fragments, all coated with a cream slip and incised under a yellow glaze, A and C enhanced with areas of brown glaze
Reddish-brown wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments coated with a cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, the pattern enhanced with areas of brown glaze on A and C.
A:
Shape: Fragment; section of lower body with convex sides on a straight foot ring
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip coating. Two incised concentric circles frame the base, which bears a tripartite repeated floral pattern carved through the slip. Around this frame the lower body portion is decorated with a scalloped pattern which radiates upwards in short straight lines
Exterior: Undecorated yellow glaze applied direct to the body. The glaze runs over the foot ring, the underside left unglazed apart from some splashing
B:
Shape: Fragment, with flaring foot ring, base and part of carinated lower body with stepped straight sides sloping outwards
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip coating. Part of an incised circle frames the base, patterned with alternating parallel registers of abstract floral designs on a scribbled spiralling ground, and s-shaped motifs.
Exterior: Undecorated yellow glaze applied over a cream slip over the whole surface and running into the underside of the foot ring.
C:
Shape: Fragment; section of lower body with slightly convex sides on an angled foot ring
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip coating. On the base, a series of parallel lines, enhanced with brown glaze, emanate from a crescent shape with flaring base, possibly a heraldic blazon. In the background, a pattern of densely spiralling scribbled ground.
Exterior: Undecorated yellow glaze applied over a cream slip, running over the foot ring in places
Notes
History note: From Farouk I University Alexandria
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
glaze
( yellow, brown)
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( cream)
glaze
( yellow)
Foot Ring C
Diameter 6.2 cm
Foot Ring A
Diameter 7.7 cm
Foot Ring B
Diameter 8.2 cm
Whole C
Height 4.5 cm
Weight 141 g
Width 11.3 cm
Whole B
Height 6.2 cm
Weight 241 g
Width 13.5 cm
Whole A
Height 6.8 cm
Weight 415 g
Width 17.8 cm
Interior Body
Materials used in production
reddish-brown
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Reddish-brown wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments coated with a cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, the pattern enhanced with areas of brown glaze on A and C.
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.18.6-1948
Primary reference Number: 72655
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Friday 21 September 2012
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
