Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Four earthenware fragments, all with a cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, B and C enhanced with areas of brown glaze
Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments, body tone ranging from reddish to dark brown, coated with cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, the patterns enhanced with areas of brown glaze
A:
Shape: Footring base and section of a convex lower body
Interior: cream slip coating under a yellow glaze. On the base two roughly incised concentric circles frame a tripartite pattern enhanced with brown glaze. The body bears the lower part of a group of incised lettering, with a splash of brown glaze to the left.
Exterior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, speckled with many small brown dots, running onto the footring. The exterior of the footring is unglazed.
B:
Shape: Triangular fragment of a carinated conical bowl with straight sloping sides.
Interior: cream slip coating under a yellow glaze. On the upper body two incised double lines frame a frieze of double outlined patterns or pseudo lettering on a ground of spiralling lines. Two double concentric lines incised on the lower body frame part of a similar pattern.
Exterior: Yellow glaze applied thinly over a cream slip without decoration, the body bearing pronounced rill marks from throwing.
C:
Shape: Fragment of a carinated conical bowl with straight sloping sides.
Interior: cream slip coating under a yellow glaze. Two double concentric lines incised around the base frame a pattern on a ground of spiralling lines. On the upper body two incised double lines frame a frieze of repeated scrolling split palmettes on a ground of spirals.
Exterior: Thin layer of yellow glaze applied directly to the body without a slip, undecorated
D:
Shape: Quadrilateral fragment of rim and upper body of a straight-sided bowl with collared neck.
Interior: Yellow glaze applied directly to the body without slip, undecorated
Exterior: Yellow glaze over a white slip, with glaze pooled on rim, slip absent on neck. Below, a band of incised double lines frame the top of a pattern of lettering and decorative elements carved in relief, on a ground of spirals.
Notes
History note: From Farouk I University Alexandria
Acquisition and important dates
(1948)
by
Farouk I University, Alexandria, Egypt
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
School or Style
Mamluk
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( cream)
glaze
( yellow with some brown splashes)
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
glaze
( yellow with some brown splashes)
Rim C
Diameter 24 cm
Rim D
Diameter 24 cm
Rim B
Diameter 27 cm
Foot Ring A
Diameter 7 cm
Whole D
Length 11.5 cm
Weight 8.9 g
Width 9.2 cm
Whole B
Length 13 cm
Weight 10.5 g
Width 9.8 cm
Whole A
Length 13 cm
Weight 25.5 g
Width 12.8 cm
Whole C
Length 16.2 cm
Weight 17.4 g
Width 14.5 cm
Materials used in production
ranging in tone from reddish to dark brown
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments, body tone ranging from reddish to dark brown, coated with cream slip incised under a yellow glaze, the patterns enhanced with areas of brown glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.18.7-1948
Primary reference Number: 72656
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
