Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in turquoise, blue and lustre under a colourless glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in turquoise, blue and lustre under or on a crazed, colourless glaze
Shape: inverted pear shaped jar with straight neck and an everted triangular rim, sits on a low foot ring.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a band of lustre. On the lower body a frieze of vertical lines in lustre imitate Arabic letters, while on the neck and body three similar bands of pseudo-calligraphy are painted in lustre on a dotted ground. The bands on the body enclose a frieze of palmettes, four of which are encircled by circles of blue or turquoise, and one section of calligraphy all of which are reserved on a lustred ground. On the lower body, the glaze covers the surface unevenly and leaves the fabric exposed in one area; it also pools slightly in places. A thinner glaze covers the lower body and base except for the rim of the foot ring.
Interior: lustre paint on the rim continues on the interior.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 24.2 cm
Weight: 987 g
Width: 17.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, first half
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1250
CE
School or Style
Ayyubid
Components of the work
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 9.2 cm
Base
Diameter 9.3 cm
Materials used in production
colourless, covers the surface unevenly and leaves the fabric exposed in one area; it also pools slightly in places. A thinner glaze covers the lower body and base except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in turquoise, blue and lustre under or on a crazed, colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top, bottom and right hand edge
- Text: “Lent by” (printed), “Brangwyn” (typed), "144" (hand written in black), "78" (hand written in pencil and crossed through)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.62-1935
Primary reference Number: 75691
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.144
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
