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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, moulded, coated in black slip, carved under a transparent turquoise glaze.
Shape: ribbed, carinated octagonal bowl with out-turned rim, sits on a slightly flared foot ring.
Exterior: coated in a black slip, carved to form an inscription around the neck and horizontal and vertical lines to form panels on the body. Glaze runs over the surface and pools around the foot ring where droplets have been broken off.
Interior: undecorated except for glaze that pools in the base.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 10.2 cm
Weight: 317 g
Width: 15.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
Exterior
composed of
slip
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, runs over the surface and pools around the foot ring where droplets have been broken off)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, pools in the base)
Rim
Diameter 15.3 cm
Base
Diameter 6.6 cm
Moulding : Fritware, moulded, coated in black slip, carved under a transparent turquoise glaze
Inscription present: incised through black slip
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.80-1935
Primary reference Number: 76121
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.7
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/76121 Accessed: 2024-11-22 12:39:27
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76121
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 12:39:27|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-76121
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/aa14/C_80_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
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