Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware, painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a clear, slightly crazed, glaze with greenish tint.
Shape: flat everted rim on a hemispherical bowl sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: painted on the rim, a narrow band of blue dots and a wider frieze of hour glass shapes in blue or black. On the body, a frieze of cross-hatched blue palmettes is painted against a background of black lines and leaves. On the base, another frieze of alternately coloured hour glass shapes frames a roundel in which a six pointed black star, containing a palmette, is painted against a blue cross-hatched background. Scars on the base possibly result from impurities in the fabric, which have exploded in the kiln.
Exterior: rim is painted black, while on the body a frieze of black, feathery foliage is interspersed with large blue dots, all contained within concentric black lines.
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: 5.3 cm
Weight: 542 g
Width: 21.3 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
14th Century
Circa
1300
CE
-
1399
CE
School or Style
Mamluk
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue (underglaze))
glaze
( clear, crazed, covers surface unevenly to a point on the lower body)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue (underglaze))
glaze
( clear, slightly crazed with greenish tint)
Rim
Diameter 21.3 cm
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a clear, slightly crazed, glaze with greenish tint
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
- Text: 541/a
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.540-1991
Primary reference Number: 75465
Packing number: ISCER 580
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 29 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
