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Potter: Unknown
Frtiware with a white glaze painted in blue and lustre
Buff fritware, wheel thrown and mould made, covered in a white glaze painted in blue and brown lustre
Shape: stemmed cup with conical bowl and plain rim on a stem with a collared neck and flaring foot.
Interior: rim is painted with a lustre band under which a frieze of Arabic is painted. On the body Arabic script is painted in blue surrounded by scrolling leaves painted in reserve against a background of lustre scrolls.
Exterior: all decoration is painted in lustre. Between two lustre bands painted on the rim and lower body of the cup, a wavey line and lustre scrolls are painted in a frieze that is enclosed by concentric lines. Glaze runs over the lower body of the cup and stem, terminating at a mid point below the collar.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 11.5 cm
Weight: 343 g
Width: 15.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1905-04-18) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
1265
CE
Bowl Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Bowl
composed of
oxide colours
( brown lustre)
glaze
( white)
Stem
composed of
glaze
( white on upper surface only)
Rim
Diameter 15.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7 cm
Inscription present: script painted free hand on surface of pot
Inscription present: script painted free hand on surface of pot
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: hand written on surface
Inscription present: hand wirtten on surface
Accession number: C.67-1935
Primary reference Number: 75789
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.175
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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