Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware coated in light brown slip painted in black and turquoise under a clear glaze
Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, with light brown slip painted in black and turquoise under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: everted rim and lip on a slightly carinated bowl and low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted black and on the body a dotted black zigzag pattern contains turquoise lozenges. On the body, contained within turquoise concentric lines, a frieze of bullet shaped black cartouche, containing black lines and scrolls highlighted with a turquoise dot, are separated by black lines. On the base, contained within a black wavey roundel, a complex pattern is outlined in black with turquoise highlights, principally comprising petals, a plamette and dotted circles. Three scars on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device during kiln firing.
Exterior: black paint on rim continues on exterior, while on the upper body a horizontal line and a series of vertical lines, both in black, form a frieze. Glaze and slip only cover the surface to upper body and do not extend below the carination.
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: 10.7 cm
Weight: 1086 g
Width: 28.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
15th Century
Circa
1400
-
1499
Note
Possibly provincial style
School or Style
Timurid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, turquoise)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
slip
( light brown)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
slip-coating
( light brown, does not extend below carination)
Rim
Diameter 28.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8.7 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, with light brown slip painted in black and turquoise under a clear, crazed glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.475-1991
Primary reference Number: 75227
Packing number: ISCER 556
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
