Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware, coated in a white slip painted blue and brown under a clear glaze
Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in brown and blue under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: out-turned rim on a cono-segmental bowl with a low foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted with a brown band. On the neck two friezes are enclosed by thin brown concentric lines, the uppermost consists of blue cross-hatching while the lower consists of roughly drawn brown arches with a blue central dot. Radiating from a circle on the base, a blue six pointed star is defined by pairs of blue lines which terminate in scrolls. Between the arms of the star, wedge shaped panels alternate between a stylised blue palmette against a background of brown scrolling lines and dots, or blue comma and stylised fleur de lis against brown diagonal lines. Three scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: the brown band on the rim continues on the exterior above a frieze of brown scrolls enclosed within brown concentric lines. The glaze covers the vessel unevenly to a mid point on the body below which a white slip is visible on the remaining surface.
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: 862 g
Width: 27.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
15th Century
Circa
1400
CE
-
1499
CE
School or Style
Timurid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, brown)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
slip
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( brown)
glaze
( clear and crazed, covers the vessel unevenly to a mid point on the body)
Exterior
composed of
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 27.7 cm
Base
Diameter 8.1 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in brown and blue under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
- Text: 315/j
- Location: Exterior base (underside foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.470-1991
Primary reference Number: 75207
Packing number: ISCER 573
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
