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Fritware coated in a white slip painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black and blue under a cracked, colourless glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl on a low foot ring.
Interior: below the rim a narrow frieze of triangles. On the body, panels containing a blue diagonal cross flanked by semi-ovals with black radiating lines. In the roundel, three lattice structures (possibly stylised pagodas) flanked by linear vegetation.
Exterior: the pattern on the interior rim and body is matched on the exterior, terminating here with a blue concentric band on the lower body and foot. The glaze extends to the underside of the base, where it is thin and blistered, but does not cover the rim of the foot ring.
History note: From the Joseph Dixon Collection, sold at Christie’s, 16th-17th March, 1911, lot 133, sold with other vessels for 20 guineas
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 16.6 cm
Weight: 2867 g
Width: 38.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1911-03-20) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
Circa
1899
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
Base
Diameter 19.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 38.1 cm
colourless
Glaze
white
Slip
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black and blue under a cracked, colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Slip-coating
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge on all but the bottom edge
Inscription present: painted directly onto vessel surface
Accession number: C.47-1911
Primary reference Number: 75211
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/75211 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:22:07
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75211
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 23:22:07|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_47_1911_281_29.jpg" alt="Bowl" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption> </figure> </div>
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