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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in cream slip painted in three colours under a clear glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a cream slip painted in black, green and yellow under a clear glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sits on a disc base
Interior: coated in a white slip painted in green on the rim. On the body, a lion is painted in mottled yellow surrounded by green scrolling vegetation, all out-lined in black. Covered with a crazed, colourless glaze that has bubbled in discrete areas.
Exterior: the upper body is covered in a cream slip, coloured with green on the rim and covered with a colourless glaze.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.2 cm
Weight: 465 g
Width: 18.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
20th Century, Early
Circa
1900
-
1925
Appears to imitate 'Aghkand wares' with incised decoration as well as underglaze paint
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, green, yellow)
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
pigment
( green)
Rim
Diameter 18.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7.5 cm
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a cream slip painted in black, green and yellow under a clear glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly into vessel surface
Accession number: C.49-1935
Primary reference Number: 75284
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: B.165
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/75284 Accessed: 2024-12-23 09:19:48
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75284
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 09:19:48|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75284
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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