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Brown earthenware with slip decoration and an amber glaze
Brown wheel thrown earthenware; coated with a dark brown slip with lighter brown slip painted decoration, incised around the edges under an amber glaze.
Shape: Conical bowl wheel thrown with slightly in-turned rim and a disc base which has been cut away on the interior.
Interior: Coated in dark brown slip with designs painted in light brown slip and defined with incised edges. On the body a frieze of repeating fleur-de-lis and ‘V’ shapes is enclosed by concentric lines below the rim and above the base. On the roundel a rosette pattern is painted. Three spur marks around the edge of this roundel indicate the use of a tripod stacking device during firing.
Exterior: Decorated with an amber glaze over a thin brown slip that covers vessel body up to the base or just above the base.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 6.7 cm
Weight: 337 g
Width: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Circa
1300
-
1399
Interior
composed of
glaze
( amber)
slip
( dark brown)
slip paint
( light brown)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( amber)
slip
( dark brown)
Rim
Diameter 18.5 cm
Base
Diameter 7.1 cm
Throwing : Brown wheel thrown earthenware; coated with a dark brown slip with lighter brown slip painted decoration under an amber glaze.
Accession number: C.507-1991
Primary reference Number: 75337
Packing number: ISCER 581
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/75337 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:50:03
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 23:50:03|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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