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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a clear crazed glaze
Shape: T shaped rim, segmental bowl and a low foot ring
Interior: rim is painted in blue, whole the body and base are covered with scrolling vines with leaves, palmettes or a rosette, all of which are filled with small circles and sometimes dots. The background is painted in blue with a pair of parallel black concentric lines delimiting the decoration on the upper body. Two scars on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device during firing.
Exterior: repeating vertical water weed pattern is painted in black and separated by pairs of blue lines. Clear glaze runs unevenly over lower body onto the foot ring with some glaze splashed onto the underside of the base.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 11.7 cm
Weight: 951 g
Width: 25.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Circa
1200
-
1299
Vessel incorporates elements associated with pre and post Mongol conquest
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed, runs unevenly over lower body onto the foot ring, also splashed on underside of the base)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Base
Diameter 11.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 25.7 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a clear crazed glaze
Accession number: C.423-1991
Primary reference Number: 75043
Packing number: ISCER 597
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/75043 Accessed: 2024-12-18 12:56:54
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75043
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 12:56:54|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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