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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, blue, emerald green and black under a colourless glaze which contains impurities forming black dots.
Shape: segmental bowl with a flange rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim a rock wave pattern is painted in blue, green and black. On the body, a symmetrical floral spray of red carnations is surrounded by sickle shaped saz leaves and arching rose branches. Between and above the carnations respectively, an arabesque and cintimani are both painted in blue and red. Partial cloud bands painted in red hang from the flange rim.
Exterior: paired tulips and stylised waves are painted in blue and green with black outlines. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
T. H. Riches Bequest
Height: 6 cm
Weight: 926 g
Width: 30.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, Late
Circa
1575
CE
-
Circa
1580
CE
Floral style
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, green and black)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( red slip, blue, emerald green and black)
Base
Diameter 15.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 30.7 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring, contains impurities forming black dots
Glaze
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, blue, emerald green and black under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.22-1950
Primary reference Number: 73252
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) "Dish" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73252 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:34:10
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