Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Fritware, moulded, painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Shape: ovalar flattened body with neck tapering onto a small tulip-shaped mouth
Exterior: decoration is painted in reserve against a blue background with black outline and detail coinciding with raised areas of the moulded form; in places the blue background has bled into the outlined forms. On the mouth a frieze of leaves and flowers is contained between and separated by white bands. On the body hunting scenes are surrounded by leafy folliage on which birds are perching. On one face, a crouching gunman wearing a hat and long sleeved tunic, with a pouch and dagger hanging from his belt, aims his gun at a prancing deer and stalk. On the opposite face the hunter carries his prey around his shoulders; facing him a smaller kneeling figure, with long hair and a hat, picks a bottle from a stand containing other vessels. Above the base a narrow white band and two black concentric lines is painted. The underside of the base is glazed but there is no mark.
Interior: the glazed white surface of the vessel is visible on the interior.
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: 32.4 cm
Weight: 1245 g
Width: 21.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
17th Century, Mid
Circa
1640
CE
-
1670
CE
School or Style
Safavid (1501-1738)
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear)
Interior Rim
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Base
Diameter 13 cm
Rim
Diameter 2.6 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Fritware, moulded, painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular paper with serrated edge
- Text: 510
- Location: Exterior base (underside)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.487-1991
Primary reference Number: 75265
Packing number: ISCER 527
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
