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Bowl: C.470-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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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

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.470-1991
Primary reference Number: 75207
Packing number: ISCER 573
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 2 May 2018 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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