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Earthenware coated in a cream slip and painted in three colours under a clear glaze
Pinkish earthenware, wheel thrown, coated on the interior in a cream slip painted in brown, green and orange and covered with a clear glaze.
Shape: conical bowl descending via an indentation onto a disc base
Interior: brown triangles or dots hang from the rim. On the body groups of stylised flowers in orange and brown alternate with green Arabic inscriptions outlined in brown. An orange dot is painted on the base.
Exterior: cream slip and glaze continues onto the exterior rim. Remainder is undecorated.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.7 cm
Weight: 286 g
Width: 18.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1905-04-18) by Brangwyn, Frank
10th Century
Circa
900
-
999
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream, coats surface)
pigment
( slip painted in brown, green and orange)
Exterior Rim
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 18.3 cm
Base
Diameter 6.4 cm
pinkish Earthenware
Throwing : Pinkish earthenware, wheel thrown, coated on the interior in a cream slip painted in brown, green and orange and covered with a clear glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge
Inscription present: written directly onto vessel surface
Inscription present: painted directly into vessel surface
Accession number: C.52-1935
Primary reference Number: 75409
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: B.140
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/75409 Accessed: 2024-12-18 11:13:43
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75409
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 11:13:43|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75409
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_52_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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