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Potter: Unknown
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.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 24.2 cm
Weight: 987 g
Width: 17.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, first half
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1250
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 9.2 cm
Base
Diameter 9.3 cm
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
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in turquoise, blue and lustre under or on a crazed, colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top, bottom and right hand edge
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
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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