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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in white slip carved and covered with a clear or coloured glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, interior is coated in a carved white slip covered with a clear glaze coloured green on the exterior.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sits on a disc base, cut away on the underside.
Interior: covering the entire body a cream slip is carved to form a sphinx surrounded by palmettes and scrolling vegetation. The sphinx is decorated with jewelled bands on the neck and legs and with a medallion containing scrolling vegetation on the rear. All covered with a clear glaze with splashes of brown and green.
Exterior: a clear glaze coloured with green runs unevenly from the rim onto the upper body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.3 cm
Weight: 407 g
Width: 17.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century
19th Century-20th Century, Early#
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Circa
1850
CE
-
Circa
1925
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear with splashes of green and brown)
slip
( white)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( coloured green runs unevenly from rim onto upper body)
Rim
Diameter 17.3 cm
Base
Diameter 6.4 cm
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, interior is coated in a carved white slip covered with a clear glaze coloured green on the exterior
Inscription present: pink paper label with serrated edge on the lower side and edges
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: paper label, partially ripped off
Accession number: C.45-1935
Primary reference Number: 75152
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.116
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/75152 Accessed: 2024-11-24 23:59:21
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75152
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 23:59:21|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75152
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_45_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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