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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in grey slip decorated with white slip, painted black, blue or turquoise
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, coated in grey slip decorated with thick white slip and painted in black, blue or turquoise under a clear crazed glaze.
Shape: pear shaped jar with a collared neck and strap handle on a low foot ring
Exterior: designs painted in thick white slip, outlined in black and dotted with blue or turquoise pigment. Lozenge shapes form a frieze on the neck that is separated from the body by the vessel collar. On the central body, a frieze of birds (probably bustards) and hares is surrounded by foliage, while on the lower body a concentric line defines a frieze of vertical of white or black lines Glaze runs over the lower body to a point just above the foot ring but also on the underside of foot ring.
Interior: devoid of decoration other than a thin clear glaze.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 24.5 cm
Weight: 1044 g
Width: 17.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
CE
-
1399
CE
Example of Bojnurd ware
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, turquoise)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
slip
( grey, over whole surface)
slip
( white, formed into shapes for decoration)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Base
Diameter 8.2 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown, coated in grey slip decorated with thick white slip and painted in black, blue or turquoise under a clear crazed glaze
Inscription present: rectangular card tie on label with string
Accession number: C.505-1991
Primary reference Number: 75332
Packing number: ISCER 601
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Jug" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75332 Accessed: 2024-11-05 05:26:12
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