IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 75317 accession number: C.50-1911 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 8 February 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, wheel thrown and moulded, painted in blue under a clear, pitted glaze. Shape: vase shaped mouth with a collared neck on a bulbous body sitting on a low foot ring. An angled convex spout is attached to the body and a strap handle is attached to the neck and lower body. Exterior: the body is decorated with four friezes all contained within concentric lines. Three of these friezes are painted on the upper body comprising blue cylinders round the rim, floral sprays on the neck and scrolling tendrils and leaves on the shoulder. On the main body medallions containing peaches at the centre of a floral spray are framed above by a band of commas, bracketed line and leaves and below by scalloped lines. A blue line is drawn around the foot ring. A floral spray with a feathery flower climbs up the spout and is framed by dots. The handle is painted with a simple chevron pattern. Glaze covers the exterior except for the rim of the foot ring. Interior: the rim is painted with a bracketed line, the interior is glazed. object type: fritware painted in blue under a clear glaze title: ewer NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the Joseph Dixon Collection, sold at Christie’s, 16th-17th March, 1911, lot 139 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75317 TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing (coating) CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware DATING ------ creation date: 1650 - 1699 creation date earliest: 1650 creation date latest: 1699 culture: 17th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 19.1 dimension: Weight units: g value: 602 dimension: Width units: cm value: 19 CITATIONS -------- The Collection of Rhodian, Damascus, Persian and Hispano-Mauro Faience of the Late Joseph Dixon, Esq. Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Third Annual Report Islamische Keramik Ceramics 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/aa16/C_50_1911_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/mid_C_50_1911_281_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_281_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/preview_C_50_1911_281_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/mid_C_50_1911_282_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_282_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/preview_C_50_1911_282_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/mid_C_50_1911_283_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_283_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/preview_C_50_1911_283_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/mid_C_50_1911_284_29.jpg height: 649 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/C_50_1911_284_29.jpg height: 740 pixels width: 570 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa16/preview_C_50_1911_284_29.jpg height: 325 pixels width: 250 pixels