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Sherd: C.18.7-1948

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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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

Place(s) associated

  • Egypt ⪼ Egypt

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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: Thursday 29 September 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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