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Potter: Unknown
Fritware with a white glaze and lustre decoration
Buff fritware, wheel thrown bowl with yellow-brown lustre decoration over an opaque white, crazed glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with plain rim and foot ring.
Interior: painted in lustre, small crescent shapes above a concentric line decorate the rim area. The central decoration, painted in reserve against a lustred background, depicts a seated male figure with a beard, wearing a headdress and spotted gown and holding a mace in his right hand. The background is covered with a scrolling vine with palmette leaves.
Exterior: Rim is decorated with a band of lustre and below it, occupying the body of the vessel, is a repeating pattern of interlaced arabesques. The crazed glaze extends down the exterior to a mid point on the foot ring.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 7.8 cm
Weight: 305 g
Width: 18.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
12th Century, Late
Circa
1179
CE
-
1198
CE
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre painting)
glaze
( opaque white, crazed glaze reaches a mid point on the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre painting)
glaze
( transparent, opaque white)
Rim
Diameter 18.8 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Exterior Body
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown bowl with yellow-brown lustre decoration over a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription present: Circular paper label with a serrated edge
Accession number: C.436-1991
Primary reference Number: 75088
Packing number: ISCER 617
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/75088 Accessed: 2024-12-18 13:07:53
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 13:07:53|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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