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Unknown
(Potter)
Fritware painted in blue, green and black under a white glaze
Fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, black and green under a white glaze
Shape: round base fragment incorporating foot ring
Interior: on the base a pair of entwined buds, possibly pomegranates, are painted amongst leafy vegetation
Exterior: a wavy blue line is painted on the foot ring; the underside bears the painter’s mark ‘Ghaibi’. Coated in glaze, except on the rim of the foot ring.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead Possibly from excavations at Fustat.
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 2.2 cm
Weight: 114 g
Width: 9.8 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Mid 15th century
Circa
1420
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Foot Ring
Diameter 9.5 cm
blue, green, brown Pigment white, coats sherd except for the rim of the foot ring Glaze Fritware
Moulding : Fritware, probably mould made, painted in blue, black and green under a white glaze
Painting underglaze Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: painted under the glaze
Accession number: C.520-1991
Primary reference Number: 75404
Packing number: ISCER 649
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Sherd"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75404 Accessed: 2022-05-16 10:47:50
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