Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in blue, turquoise and black under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl on a narrow foot ring
Interior: a radiating design of a blue and turquoise star and triangular panels. Within the panels knot, dots or pseudo calligraphy, are painted in black and blue.
Exterior: the rim is painted black and on the body blue arcading contains a black doted line, imitating a petal design. Impurities within the glaze on the lower body create a lumpy surface; glaze runs over the surface to a point on the lower body
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 10.2 cm
Weight: 470 g
Width: 22.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Mid-14th Century, Mid
Circa
1260
-
Circa
1350
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( white, transparent. Impurities on the lower body create a lumpy glaze surface; runs over the surface to a point on the lower body)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise, black)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Rim
Diameter 22.4 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '75' hand written in black ink, hand written in pencil ‘40’ (crossed through on the right hand side)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.88-1935
Primary reference Number: 76279
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.75
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
