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Bowl: C.542-1991

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Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted in blue under a clear glaze

Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze with a greenish tinge.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sitting on a low foot ring.
Interior: On the body, palmettes, with alternating orientation, contain lines and a stylised bird. On the base, a roundel contains a lotus flower head and leaves on long stems. Glaze is pooled slightly in the base.
Exterior: a pair of concentric lines on the neck sits above a frieze with panels containing stylised flower heads and dots. Glaze runs over the surface to a point above the foot ring on the lower body.

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: 6.4 cm
Weight: 263 g
Width: 13.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

15th Century#
Circa 1400 CE - 1499 CE

School or Style

Mamluk

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of pigment ( blue) glaze ( clear, runs over the surface to a point above the foot ring on the lower body)
Interior composed of pigment ( blue) glaze ( clear)
Rim Diameter 13 cm
Base Diameter 5 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue under a clear glaze with a greenish tinge.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.542-1991
Primary reference Number: 75474
Packing number: ISCER 540
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 December 2012 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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