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Potter: Unknown
Frtiware with carved black slip under a turquoise glaze
Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in black slip, carved under a dull crazed pitted turquoise green glaze.
Shape: only body remains, consisting of a straight neck and carinated shoulder with gently sloping sides, probably sat on foot ring and with shorter neck than in reconstruction
Exterior: all decoration is carved into a black slip under the glaze. On the shoulder diamonds, with a circular hole cut in their centre, form a frieze which is enclosed by black lines. This theme is repeated on the body where similar but larger diamonds sit one on top of the other forming a vertical line, with single or double serrated edges. These lines sit amongst floriated Arabic script (kufic) that include shafts terminating inscrolls. The lower body is covered black slip without carving.
Interior: coated with a thinner version of exterior glaze.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 18 cm
Weight: 1448 g
Width: 17.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
12th Century, Late
Circa
1150
CE
-
1200
CE
Exterior
composed of
slip
( black, carved)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed, dull)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( thin, turquoise)
Inscription present: floriated script includes shafts terminating in half palmettes
Inscription present: rectangular card label tied around neck of vessel with string
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.428-1991
Primary reference Number: 75054
Packing number: ISCER 574
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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