IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 75293 accession number: C.494-1991 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 12 June 2012 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue (which has run into surrounding areas) with black outlining, under a clear, slightly crazed glaze Shape: hemispherical bowl sitting on a small, narrow foot ring Exterior: flying birds in a landscape containing hillocks from which sprout leafed stems, adorned with occasional flowers, and tendril like cactus leaves. One bird, identical to that on the interior, is standing on a hillock. A pair of black concentric lines marks the upper and lower edges of this decoration. Glaze covers the body, pooling slightly on the exterior foot ring and covering the underside. The rim and edge of the foot ring appear unglazed. Interior: on the rim a frieze of scrolling curls painted in reserve against a blue background, enclosed within two concentric lines. On the base a standing bird is depicted within a rocky landscape contained within two linear roundels. object type: fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze title: bowl NOTES ----- type: history note value: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Henry Scipio Reitlinger creditline: H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75293 SUBJECTS ------------------- bird bird TECHNIQUES ---------- fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue (which has run into surrounding areas) with black outlining, under a clear, slightly crazed glaze throwing TECHNIQUES ---------- painting underglaze TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1650 - 1650 creation date earliest: 1650 creation date latest: 1650 culture: 17th Century, Mid# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 6.7 dimension: Weight units: g value: 187 dimension: Width units: cm value: 13.8 CITATIONS -------- Later Islamic Pottery Safavid Potters' Marks and the Question of Provenance Persia and China. Safavid Blue and White Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum 1501-1738 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_494_1991_281_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_281_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_494_1991_281_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_494_1991_282_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_282_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_494_1991_282_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_494_1991_283_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_283_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_494_1991_283_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_494_1991_284_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_284_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_494_1991_284_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_494_1991_285_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_285_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_494_1991_285_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_286_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/mid_C_494_1991_286_29.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_494_1991_286_29.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/preview_C_494_1991_286_29.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels