Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Red-brown earthenware, slipped with incised lines and coloured pigment under a clear glaze
Red-brown wheel-thrown earthenware coated cream slip which is carved and coloured in with green or brown in selected areas, all under a clear glaze.
Shape: Thickly potted hemispherical bowl with in-turned rim and concave disc base
Interior: On rim and neck, incised decoration cuts through cream slip in the form of scallops enclosed above and below by two concentric lines. Dominating the remainder of the interior, a quadruped, possibly a donkey, with well defined features and surrounded by vegetal scrolls, is carved into the cream slip. At irregular intervals, green, or less commonly brown, pigment is splashed over the slip.
Exterior: Concentric incised lines enclose impressed vertical lines, both under a glaze coloured green with brown splashes. Glaze covers the upper quarter of the body, the remainder is undecorated.
Notes
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
Legal notes
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 9.5 cm
Weight: 717 g
Width: 18.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
11th-13th Century
Circa
1000
-
1299
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( green, brown)
glaze
Upper Exterior
composed of
pigment
( green, brown)
glaze
Rim
Diameter 16.7 cm
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
Exterior
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Red-brown wheel-thrown earthenware coated cream slip which is carved and coloured in with green or brown in selected areas, all under a clear glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular card tie on label with string attached
- Text: ISCER/992
- Location: Loose
- Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.417-1991
Primary reference Number: 74981
Packing number: ISCER992
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
