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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a white slip, painted in blue under a colourless glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in blue under a colourless glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly everted rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: on the upper body a frieze of scrolling leaves. In the roundel, a complex floral spray which centres on a rosette and long vertical stalks flanked by leaves and flower heads including those with spiked leaves.
Exterior: on the upper body a frieze of scrolling leaves and flowers, while on the lower body stylised lotus heads are painted within bracketed arcading. Glaze runs unevenly over the lower body.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 12.3 cm
Weight: 1477 g
Width: 30.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century#
Circa
1400
CE
-
Circa
1499
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
painting underglaze
( blue)
glaze
( colourless, runs unevenly over the lower body)
slip
( white)
Interior
composed of
painting underglaze
( blue)
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( white)
Base
Diameter 10.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 30.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in blue under a colourless glaze
Accession number: C.546-1991
Primary reference Number: 75484
Packing number: ISCER 971
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/75484 Accessed: 2024-12-22 18:23:57
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 18:23:57|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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