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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a black slip carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a black slip carved under a turquoise glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a triangular, collared rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: a thuluth style inscription forms a frieze on the upper body and is enclosed by concentric lines. Radiating from the base, pairs of vertical lines are separated by arrow head shapes.
Exterior: undecorated except for turquoise glaze, covering a dimpled surface, and black slip that spills over from the interior. The underside of the foot ring is glazed, covering an incised cross; on the exterior body the glaze terminates unevenly on the lower body and foot ring.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.5 cm
Weight: 493 g
Width: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Interior
composed of
slip
( black)
glaze
( turquoise)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, terminating unevenly on the lower body and foot ring.)
Rim
Diameter 21.5 cm
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a black slip carved under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge, a black rectangular border printed around the edge
Accession number: C.79-1935
Primary reference Number: 76063
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.114
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/76063 Accessed: 2024-11-22 10:47:58
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76063
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 10:47:58|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-76063
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/C_79_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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