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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white glaze and painted with lustre
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly everted rim on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the rim a band of pseudo-calligraphy is reserved in lustre. On the body likely celestial symbolism comprises six roundels on the body, each containing a seated figure, which surround a sun symbol with a human face on the base; all reserved in lustre. Filling the spaces between the roundels on the body, panels of triangular or irregular shape contain dots and scrolling vines painted in lustre.
Exterior: rim is painted with a lustre band. On the body, panels of linear palmettes arranged in an arabesque pattern are painted in lustre. White glaze, with rare splashes of blue, terminates on the lower body or foot ring. The underside of the foot ring is coated with a thin covering of blue glaze.
Given by Louis C.G. Clark, M.A.
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 297 g
Width: 20 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1922) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Foot Ring
composed of
glaze
( blue, thin covering)
Exterior Body
composed of
lustre
( oxide colours)
glaze
( white, splashes of blue, terminates on the lower body or foot ring)
Interior
composed of
lustre
( oxide colours)
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 20 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze and painted in lustre
Accession number: C.4-1922
Primary reference Number: 74998
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/74998 Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:12:35
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 00:12:35|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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