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Potter: Unknown
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.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 6.8 cm
Weight: 194 g
Width: 12 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1911-12-31) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
13th Century, first half
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1250
CE
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
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown and tooled on the rim, painted in blue and coated in a turquoise glaze.
Accession number: C.66-1911
Primary reference Number: 75768
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/75768 Accessed: 2024-11-02 16:31:04
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-02 16:31:04|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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