Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise, crazed glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl with a flat rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: all decoration is painted in black, with a band on the rim and, on the inner edge of the lip, a black frieze of lozenge shapes contained within concentric lines. On the body, two floriated alif-lām patterns are painted on opposing sides of the bowl, joining on the base in a complex inter-lace design. Contoured fillers containing dots, dashes and lines are painted in the, otherwise empty, areas between and within the body’s design.
Exterior: black band continues on the rim and a black concentric line is painted on the upper body. Turquoise glaze runs over the surface of the lower body where it appears to overlie a clear glaze that covers the lower body and foot ring (including the underside).
Notes
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
Legal notes
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.5 cm
Weight: 741 g
Width: 26.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
1220
CE
Note
Raqqa ware
School or Style
Ayyubid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( runs over the surface of the lower body where it appears to overlie a clear glaze that covers the lower body and foot ring (including the underside))
Rim
Diameter 26.5 cm
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise, crazed glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: two floriated alif-lām patterns are painted on opposing sides of the bowl
- Text: alif-lām
- Location: Interior body
- Method of creation: Painted in black
- Type: Inscription
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
- Text: 315/l
- Location: Exterior base (underside foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Label
Inscription present: rectangular paper label now almost worn away
- Text: illegible
- Location: Lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.521-1991
Primary reference Number: 75406
Packing number: ISCER 661
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
