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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black under a blue glaze
Off white and powdery fritware, probably wheel thrown, and painted in black under a blue crazed, lightly pitted glaze.
Shape: everted rim and straight, short neck descending, via a ridge, onto an inverted pair shaped body sitting on a low foot ring.
Exterior: on the neck a "kufesque" band is reserved in black. On the upper body, above the ridge, a pattern of angular lines is also reserved in black. On the central body, zigzag lines are painted in black forming concentric rings that accentuate the vessel shape. Blue glaze covers the surface and runs unevenly over the surface of the foot ring.
Interior: covered with a thinner coating of blue glaze
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 20 cm
Weight: 942 g
Width: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
1299
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, underglaze paint)
glaze
( blue, runs unevenly over the surface of the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue, thinly covered)
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 9 cm
Throwing : Off white and powdery fritware, probably wheel thrown, and painted in black under a blue crazed, lightly pitted glaze
Inscription present: rectangular card label tied with string attached
Accession number: C.529-1991
Primary reference Number: 75430
Packing number: ISCER 583
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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