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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white slip painted in black and green under a clear glaze
Pinkish earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black and green under a clear glaze.
Shape: straight sides with a plain rim, on a flat base
Interior: the rim is painted with black dashes. On the body, feint green lines radiate towards the rim. On the base, a black circle with a line crossed through.
Exterior: roughly drawn stylised palmette motifs, separated by vertical green lines, are painted in a horizontal frieze. Glaze and slip extend over the body but do not cover the base.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 4.7 cm
Weight: 152 g
Width: 10.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
8th Century-9th Century
Circa
700
CE
-
Circa
899
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, green)
glaze
( colourless, thin)
slip
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( black, green)
glaze
( colourless, thin)
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 10.4 cm
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Throwing : Pinkish earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in black and green under a clear glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: inscribed directly into the vessel surface
Accession number: C.64-1935
Primary reference Number: 75729
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.155
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/75729 Accessed: 2024-12-23 05:03:19
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75729
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 05:03:19|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-75729
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_64_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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