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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze.
Shape: T-shaped rim on a segmental bowl with a low foot ring
Interior: rim is painted blue, on the neck a thick black band delineates black arabesque decoration on the body comprising scrolling tendrils and leaves that emanate from a central cross.
Exterior: a black band covers the rim edge and the neck above a frieze of sinuous water weeds separated by a vertical line with central ‘V’ shape. Glaze runs unevenly over the exterior and in places onto the foot ring.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 8.3 cm
Weight: 378 g
Width: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1399
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, runs unevenly over the exterior and in places onto the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 18.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Inscription present: Arabic inscription directly onto vessel surface
Accession number: C.580-1991
Primary reference Number: 75570
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/75570 Accessed: 2024-11-22 08:02:25
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75570
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 08:02:25|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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