IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 72937 accession number: C.1991-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 21 September 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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 object type: earthenware fragment, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze title: sherd NOTES ----- type: history note value: Bequeathed by Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J. W. L. Glaisher creditline: Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L Glaisher STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72937 TECHNIQUES ---------- throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1250 - 1399 creation date earliest: 1250 creation date latest: 1399 culture: 13th Century, Late-14th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 9.3 dimension: Weight units: cm value: 116 dimension: Width units: cm value: 9.8 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_1991_1928.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/mid_C_1991_1928.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_1991_1928.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/preview_C_1991_1928.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels