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Potter: Unknown
Fritware dish with white glaze and lustre decoration
Buff fritware, wheel thrown in sections, covered with a white, opaque crazed glaze and decorated with lustre.
Shape: shallow conical bowl with low foot ring which has slightly flaring sides.
Interior: decorated in lustre with a band on rim and a radiating pattern on the body, comprising four fleshy plamettes separated by ‘V’ shaped panels densely decorated with dots and scrolls.
Exterior: Undecorated except for splashes of lustre irregularly spaced over the body and a clear, crazed glaze which coats the body covering the upper part of the foot ring. Scorch mark on body from firing process.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 5.3 cm
Weight: 327 g
Width: 17.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
12th Century, Late
Circa
1179
CE
-
1198
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( crazed, opaque white)
oxide colour
( lustre painting)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( crazed, opaque white)
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colour
( splashes of lustre)
Rim
Diameter 17.2 cm
Base
Diameter 6.1 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown in sections, covered with a clear, crazed glaze and decorated with lustre.
Inscription present: circular label with a scalloped edge
Accession number: C.432-1991
Primary reference Number: 75080
Packing number: ISCER 639
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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