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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in grey slip, painted in blue, black and white slip under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip on the interior, painted in white slip coloured with black and blue pigment under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim on a narrow foot ring
Interior: rim is painted black; otherwise all decoration is painted in white slip with a black outline and detail. On the neck, a frieze of dotted circles and leaves is enclosed above and below by concentric bands with a spot of blue in one area. On the body, a ‘Y’ shaped radiating pattern of leaves and dotted circles is barely discernable amongst a ground of three lotus flowers, further scrolling leaves, black lines and dots. Glaze pools slightly in the base.
Exterior: black paint continues on the rim, while on the body a frieze of blue and black dots and black vertical or diagonal lines is enclosed above and below by thin black concentric lines. On the lower body, a pair of thick black concentric lines delineates decoration. Glaze runs over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring.
History note: Arnold John Hugh Smith bequest
Bequeathed by A.J. Hugh Smith through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1964
Height: 7.2 cm
Weight: 233 g
Width: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Smith, Arnold John Hugh
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
CE
-
1399
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed, runs over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, spot of blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed, pools slightly in base)
slip
( grey)
slip
( white, results in raised surface)
Rim
Diameter 14.8 cm
Base
Diameter 4.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip on the interior and painted in white slip with and black and blue pigment under a clear, crazed glaze
Accession number: C.3-1964
Primary reference Number: 74478
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/74478 Accessed: 2024-11-20 15:33:58
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-20 15:33:58|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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