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Potter: Unknown
Fritware decorated with slip, painted in black with a turquoise glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, relief decoration created with slip, painted in black and blue under a transparent turquoise glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim, sits on a narrow foot ring
Interior: rim is painted with a dentilated pattern in black and blue. On the body a bird, possibly a bustard, flies amongst lotus type flowers and trefoil leaves, all outlined in black and dotted with black or blue. These leaves and flowers are also defined using slip to create a raised surface.
Exterior: black lines radiate from the base towards a pair of concentric lines just below the rim, creating a stylised lotus petal design. The glaze runs over the vessel surface ending on the lower body.
History note: Given by Lady Lee
Given by Lady Lee in memory of her husband, Sir Frank Lee
Height: 9.7 cm
Weight: 416 g
Width: 19.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1971-07-22) by Lee, Lady
14th Century-15th Century#
Circa
1300
CE
-
1499
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
slip
( in discrete areas, creating relief surface on the interior)
glaze
( transparent turquoise)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( transparent, turquoise, runs over the vessel surface ending on the lower body)
Rim
Diameter 19.9 cm
Base
Diameter 6.5 cm
Inteiror
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown, relief decoration created with slip, painted in black and blue under a transparent turquoise glaze
Accession number: C.2-1971
Primary reference Number: 73212
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) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73212 Accessed: 2024-11-25 07:11:54
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73212
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 07:11:54|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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