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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: T shaped rim and angled neck descending via a sharp carination onto a conical bowl with low foot ring.
Interior: rim exterior and interior are painted with blue bands enclosing a frieze of black dashed lines. On the body inter-connected leaves, dots and scalloped lines (pseudo-Arabic lettering) are all outlined in black, in addition some leaves painted with blue or turquoise slip. A pair of concentric lines delineates the edge of this decoration on the neck.
Exterior: on the neck, alternating thick blue and thin black lines are enclosed within two concentric lines. On the body, a frieze of blue and black dots is separated by vertical black lines and enclosed by concentric black lines. Glaze runs towards the lower body with an uneven surface appearance.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 10.3 cm
Weight: 848 g
Width: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1399
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, turquoise)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
slip
( in discrete areas, gives lumpy appearance)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed, runs towards the lower body with an uneven surface appearance)
Rim
Diameter 21.5 cm
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown painted in black with blue and turquoise slip decoration under a clear, crazed glaze
Accession number: C.458-1991
Primary reference Number: 75170
Packing number: ISCER 590
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/75170 Accessed: 2024-11-02 18:21:42
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University of Cambridge}}
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