Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Brown earthenware coated in a cream slip carved under a clear glaze
Pinkish brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip, carved, reserved in brown and covered with a clear glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim, on a disc base
Interior: on the upper body a frieze of scrolling, leafy vines is incised through the cream slip against a brown reserved background. A scar on the base indicates contact with another vessel or a use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln. A clear glaze coloured with streaks of brown covers the surface.
Exterior: a cream slip coated in a clear glaze covers the surface to the lower body.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 6.2 cm
Weight: 199 g
Width: 13 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1299
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( brown used to reserved carving)
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream, carved on the upper body)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 13 cm
Base
Diameter 5 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around upper and right hand edge
- Text: black rectangular printed border, 'Lent by' (printed in black), 'Brangwyn' (typed in black), '171' (hand written in black), ‘9’ (hand written in pencil, encircled in the top right hand corner) and ‘2’ (in pencil, crossed through on the right hand side)
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Typed, printed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto the vessel surface
- Text: 171
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in black pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.46-1935
Primary reference Number: 75182
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.171
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
