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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown and moulded under a turquoise glaze
Shape: pear-shaped jar tapering towards a small foot ring with cylindrical neck and everted bead rim. A prominent ridge on the interior body marks the join between the wheel thrown lower section and the moulded upper section. Glaze runs unevenly over the lower body, terminating on the foot ring.
Exterior: moulded on the shoulder, a band of floriated calligraphic Kufic-style script.
Interior: covered with glaze, which is thicker on the neck
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased from the Glaisher Fund
Height: 21.6 cm
Weight: 914 g
Width: 17.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, runs unevenly over the lower body, terminating on the foot ring.)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, thicker on the neck)
Base
Diameter 7.3 cm
Rim
Diameter 9.3 cm
Lower Body
Upper Body
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge, a black rectangular border printed around the edge
Inscription present: hand written in pencil
Accession number: C.94-1935
Primary reference Number: 76420
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD.59
Old number: BP.22
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:
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