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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a colourless glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, covered in a colourless glaze painted with brown lustre
Shape: conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a lustre band, on the neck a pseudo-calligraphic band. On the body a frieze of scrolls and paired vertical lines is enclosed by a series of horizontal concentric bands. Glaze does not cover the base.
Exterior: lustre paint continues on the rim. The glaze runs over the surface, forming droplets on the lower body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 315 g
Width: 18.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1905-04-18) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, first half
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1250
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless, crazed, runs over the surface, forming droplets on the lower body)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless, crazed)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Exterior Rim
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 18.2 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, covered in a colourless glaze painted with brown lustre
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: inscribed directly on the vessel surface
Accession number: C.63-1935
Primary reference Number: 75707
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.113
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/75707 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:30:46
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75707
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 16:30:46|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75707
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_63_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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