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Fritware coated in a grey slip painted in white, black and blue under a clear glaze
Buff fritware bowl, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip painted in thick, raised white slip and blue and black pigment covered in a clear, cracked glaze.
Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim, sits on a narrow foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted black; all other decoration is painted in white slip with black outline. On the neck a frieze of irregular circles with central dot are painted above a fish whorl. Fish are depicted with centrally facing heads and tails at right angles to the body and blue features. The background is filled with irregular leaves. Glaze has pooled in the base.
Exterior: the rim is painted black; all other decoration is painted in white slip with black outline. On the neck a frieze of pseudo calligraphy is painted above vertical lines that radiate on the body between a series of black or white concentric lines. Glaze pools slightly on the lower body, where it terminates above the foot ring.
Bequeathed by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1964
Height: 10.6 cm
Weight: 681 g
Width: 19.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Smith, Arnold John Hugh
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1250
-
1399
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed, pools slightly on base)
slip
( grey, coats surface)
slip
( white, thick, painted as decoration)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed, pools slightly on the lower body, where it terminates above the foot ring)
slip
( grey, coats surface)
slip
( white, thick, painted as decoration)
Rim
Diameter 18 cm
Base
Diameter 7 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip painted in thick, raised white slip and blue and black pigment covered in a clear, cracked glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Inscription present: rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.2-1964
Primary reference Number: 73211
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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