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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, painted in blue, black and red under a colourless glaze.
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue, black and red under a colourless glaze
Shape: biconical bowl with a plain rim and on a low foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with a black line. On the body, panels containing the figure ‘8’ are reserved in blue, black or red. These panels are divided by black vertical lines embellished with diamonds or finials. On the base within a black lobed and dotted roundel, a bird is reserved in black within an irregular shape and surrounded by vases coloured with blue, black or red.
Exterior: on the neck, between two concentric horizontal black bands, a scrolling, looped line is painted in black. In one small area on the lower body, a fleur de lys is outlined in black alongside a circular rosette.
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 10.9 cm
Weight: 483 g
Width: 23.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( colourless)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black, red)
glaze
( colourless)
Rim
Diameter 23.3 cm
Base
Diameter 9.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue, black and red under a colourless glaze
Inscription present: White paper circular label with serrated edge, print originally black but now faded to a light greenish colour.
Inscription present: White rectangular paper label with cut corners, printed with a blue geometric border and hand written in black
Inscription present: White circular paper label with serrated edge, hand written in pencil
Inscription present: Rectangular white paper label, hand written in black
Accession number: C.534-1991
Primary reference Number: 75450
Packing number: ISCER 976
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/75450 Accessed: 2024-12-23 03:51:41
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University of Cambridge}}
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