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Pottery: Unknown
Puzzle vessel of lead-glazed slipeware
Earthenware, the lower part thrown and pierced, the upper part with nine thrown bottles and one moulded ram applied to the rim, partly slip-coated, and painted in borwn under clear yellowish lead-glaze (presumed lead-glaze) which extends almost to the base on the exterior and about half-way down the interior, below which it becomes patchy over the rest of the lower part. The vessel is circular with a disk base, curved sides pierced by four arrow-shapes, a restriction pierced by eleven circular holes, and a tubular rim on which are nine small bulbous vases with long neckes, and a ram, whose muzzle forms the sucking spout. Each of the vases has a hemispherical projection on the exterior which forms the centre of a painted brown cross, and all but the one opposite to the ram, has a brown dab on its neck. The ram is spotted with brown and has a brown band round its muzzle, and dabs of brown on the tips of its horns.
History note: Given to Lady Sutherland by Mrs Kaptiza, widow of Prof. Peter Kapitza, FRS (d. 1984), who told her that it had come from Georgia.
Given by Lady Sutherland and Mrs Peter Kapitza
Diameter: 21 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1994-06-06) by Sutherland, Lady and Kapitza, Peter, Mrs
20th Century
Production date:
probably
AD 1958
: The date inscribed on the base may be the date of purchase, which might also be the date of manufacture if this is an object made for tourists to the region.
Mtskheta, is an ancient city in Kartli Province of Georgia, which is now a World Heritage site. It is a well-known pottery-making centre, and the inscription on the base may record the date when bought
Part
composed of
lead-glaze
( presumed lead-glaze)
Decoration
Exterior
Holes
Lower Part Of Interi
Upper Part Of Interi
Upper Part
Inscription present: in Russian characters
Accession number: C.6-1994
Primary reference Number: 75682
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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