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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed turquoise glaze.
Shape: T shaped rim on an angled neck descending via a sharp carination onto a conical bowl and a low foot ring.
Interior: on the rim a repeating pattern of stylised fishes is enclosed between two concentric bands. On the body, radiating from a central point, a plant design comprises large lobbed leaves (decorated with a zigzag pattern) alongside smaller curvaceous leaves (containing a dotted fish scale) and scrolling tendrils shooting from the larger stems. This pattern is delineated on the upper body by a pair of concentric lines. Glaze is pooled in the base obscuring any painted decoration in this area.
Exterior: on the neck, a band of Arabic script (cursive) is surrounded by dots and enclosed within concentric lines. A frieze of scrolling vegetation occupies most of the body above a smaller repeating fish frieze; both enclosed by concentric lines. The glaze runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring. Splashes of turquoise glaze are present on the inside foot ring, probably resulting from glaze dripping onto the surface from other vessels in the same kiln.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 14.4 cm
Weight: 1748 g
Width: 28.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
Circa
1350
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( tuquoise, runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring; splashes on underside of foot ring.)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed)
Base
Diameter 11 cm
Rim
Diameter 28.1 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed turquoise glaze
Inscription present: script is surrounded by dots and enclosed within concentric lines
Inscription present: rectangular card label with string and red sticker
Accession number: C.451-1991
Primary reference Number: 75146
Packing number: ISCER 534
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/75146 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:23:03
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 20:23:03|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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