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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Pinkish fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: shallow hemispherical bowl sitting on a wide, low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted black below a panel design which alternates been narrow wedges in blue or turquoise, outlined in black, or wider panels with one of three designs. These panels contain either a cartouche outlined in blue, containing black dots; a black arabesque; or a blue diagonal cross hatch with black dots that develops into a lotus blossom. Above the arabesque and dotted designs, a narrow horizontal frieze of roughly drawn black cartouches, containing dots and dashes, are separated by blue vertical lines. On the base, a blue rosette is outlined in black and contains a central turquoise dot.
Exterior: black paint on the rim continues on the exterior. On the neck, a narrow frieze of blue and black inverted ‘V’ shapes and black dots is contained within black concentric lines. Radiating from the lower body, alternating pairs of blue or black lines are painted. Glaze covers the lower body unevenly and pools in places above 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: 9 cm
Weight: 485 g
Width: 20.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1399
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Rim
Diameter 20.8 cm
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Exterior
Throwing : Pinkish fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.456-1991
Primary reference Number: 75166
Packing number: ISCER 588
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/75166 Accessed: 2024-11-25 07:04:35
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