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Potter: Unknown
Frtiware coated in grey slip painted with white slip, black and blue pigment under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip decorated with cream slip outlined in black and dotted with blue under a clear, greenish glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: decoration is painted in white slip and outlined or detailed in black with occasional blue spots. On the body, a panel frieze comprising alternately lobed arches containing a lotus flower, or lozenges in which downward pointing arrows are painted in reserve against a white slip background. On the base a calligraphic band frames a central lotus flower similar in design to those on the body.
Exterior: on the body two friezes, a calligraphic band and a petal pattern are painted in white slip outlined in black. The lower petal frieze is enclosed above and below by bands painted in black, one containing chevrons and the other circles with a central dot. Each of these friezes and bands are delineated by concentric lines of white slip. The glaze runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8.6 cm
Weight: 553 g
Width: 19.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
14th Century
Circa
1300
-
1399
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, degraded)
slip
( grey, coats surface)
slip
( white, painted onto surface to form decoration)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, degraded, runs unevenly over the lower body and in places onto the foot ring)
slip
( grey, coats surface)
slip
( white, painted onto surface to form decoration)
Rim
Diameter 19.4 cm
Base
Diameter 8.6 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip decorated with cream slip outlined in black and dotted with blue under a clear, greenish glaze
Inscription present: calligraphic band frames a central lotus flower
Inscription present: calligraphic band
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge along top and right hand edge
Accession number: C.87-1935
Primary reference Number: 76260
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.115
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/76260 Accessed: 2024-12-22 21:31:42
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 21:31:42|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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