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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware fragment, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze
Long Description: Wheel-thrown earthenware vessel fragment with dark body tone, coated with cream slip and incised under a yellow glaze
Shape: fragment of upper body of a straight sided vessel, with a slight outwards carination near the top
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, the body over-fired, or fired in a low-oxygen environment (reduction kiln) with the result that the originally reddish fabric turned a dark grey and the cream slip turned a light grey. On the surface, a wide band of calligraphy is enhanced with circles between the uprights, and framed by incised lines and below by a narrow scalloped decorative band
Exterior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, discoloured and dark
History note: Bequeathed by Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher
Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L Glaisher
Height: 9.3 cm
Weight: 116 cm
Width: 9.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( originally cream-coloured)
glaze
( yellow)
Interior
composed of
slip
( originally cream-coloured)
glaze
( yellow)
Inscription present: Arabic inscription (mostly undeciphered)
Accession number: C.1991-1928
Primary reference Number: 72937
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sherd" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/72937 Accessed: 2024-04-18 14:46:21
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|title=Sherd
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 14:46:21|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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