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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue, black and red under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, black and red under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: roughly circular fragment, the foot ring base of a larger vessel.
Interior: a black linear roundel is edged with semi-circles outlined in black and coloured alternately in red, black and turquoise, these are separated by pairs of black lines. The zone within the roundel is divided into five areas using thin black curvaceous lines. These areas encompass a central lozenge, two ovals and two triangles, each containing leaves outlined in black painted against a blue, red or black background. The remains of a black concentric band and other painted decoration are visible on the lower body around the fragmentation point. Glaze pools slightly in the base.
Exterior: coated in a thick clear glaze except for the underside of the foot ring.
History note: Pottery from the medieval rubbish heaps of Fostat, Cairo; given by the friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by the friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 3.5 cm
Weight: 197 g
Width: 14.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1919-02-22)
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
1299
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed and cracked)
pigment
( red, blue, black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed does not cover underside of foot ring)
Base
Diameter 9.6 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, black and red under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Accession number: C.4.47-1919
Primary reference Number: 74876
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 fragment" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/74876 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:25:07
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University of Cambridge}}
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