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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, pierced and painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, pierced and painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with straight sided neck and plain rim, sits on a low foot ring.
Interior: under the rim a narrow frieze rosettes and ‘saz’ type leaves on a background of dots and scrolling tendrils. On the body two friezes, one wide and one narrow, contain lobbed and circular medallions, or lobbed archways containing pierced decoration on a background of dots, rosettes and occasional birds. In the roundel, contained within a concentric band of ‘Y’ shapes, three birds perch on floral sprays. Glaze covers the surface unevenly in the roundel where three scar marks indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: the interior decoration is mirrored on the exterior except the lower, wider frieze which here incorporates pointed archways containing alternately piercing or vertical floral sprays. Glaze runs over the lower body and foot ring unevenly, leaving areas uncovered. A potter’s mark is located on the underside of the foot ring.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 12.2 cm
Weight: 888 g
Width: 25.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1913) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
Circa
1900
Probably related to ‘Nayin’ types that are commonly painted in blue and black
Base
Diameter 10.6 cm
Rim
Diameter 25.2 cm
black
Pigment
turquoise
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, pierced and painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: hand painted onto the vessel surface under the glaze
Accession number: C.4-1913
Primary reference Number: 74994
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/74994 Accessed: 2024-12-22 20:44:50
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