Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Pinkish buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed turquoise glaze.
Shape: T-shaped rim above an angular neck descending via a sharp carination onto a conical bowl and low foot ring,
Interior: rim edges are painted with a concentric band, while further bands on the upper body delineate a scrolling vegetal pattern, comprising stems and leaves which radiate from a central circular cartouche on the base. Both the interiors of larger leaves and central cartouche are filled with a cross-hatch design.
Exterior: linear decoration on the rim continues. On the neck a frieze of commas divided by vertical lines of dots are contained within two concentric lines. On the lower body thin lines form vertical, narrow ‘V’ shapes. Glaze on the lower body is thin and in places pitted, it runs to a point just above the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
Legal notes
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 11.3 cm
Weight: 730 g
Width: 21.1 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1399
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed, thin and in places pitted, it runs to a point just above the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed)
Rim
Diameter 21.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Pinkish buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed turquoise glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.467-1991
Primary reference Number: 75200
Packing number: ISCER 578
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
