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Bowl: C.66-1911

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Current Location: In storage

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Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware painted with blue and coated in a turquoise glaze

Fritware, wheel thrown and tooled on the rim, painted in blue and coated in a turquoise glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with lobed rim, sits on a narrow, flaring foot ring
Interior: rim is painted with a blue line, in one place this has run or possibly is accidentally brushed onto the upper body. A series of blue concentric lines are painted at a mid point on the body.
Exterior: painted with a blue band at a mid point on the body. The glaze terminates on the lower body, forming a thick band or droplets.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.8 cm
Weight: 194 g
Width: 12 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1911-12-31) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

13th Century, first half
Circa 1200 CE - Circa 1250 CE

School or Style

Ayyubid

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of pigment ( blue) glaze ( on the lower body, forming a thick band or droplets)
Interior composed of pigment ( blue) glaze ( turquoise)
Rim Diameter 12 cm
Base Diameter 5.2 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown and tooled on the rim, painted in blue and coated in a turquoise glaze.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.66-1911
Primary reference Number: 75768

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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