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Potter: Unknown
Fritware covered in a white glaze painted with lustre
Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown covered in a white glaze painted with yellow lustre
Shape: conical bowl with a slightly out-turned rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with crescents echoed below by a scalloped line. On the body a hare, with a leafed branch suspended from its mouth, is outlined with a single line. In the background, four irregular cartouche are also outlined with a single line are painted against ‘V’ shapes.
Exterior: on the body a series of four sets of concentric circles, of which the inner most contains dashed lines, is painted on a background of dotted lines. On the underside of the base an inscription is painted in lustre. Glaze extends over the surface with the exception of the rim of the foot ring.
History note: Bought from George Talbargh, Nov. 1927 by Oscar Raphael. Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael, 1941, received 1946
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 6 cm
Weight: 245 g
Width: 19.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
10th Century
Circa
900
CE
-
999
CE
Rim
Diameter 19.3 cm
Base
Diameter 7.8 cm
lustre
Oxide colours
white, full coverage except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown covered in a white glaze painted with yellow lustre
Painting overglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: contained within cartouche against a background of 'V' shapes, painted directly onto the surface
Inscription present: painted directly onto the glaze surface
Inscription present: circular paper label
Accession number: OC.146-1946
Primary reference Number: 77575
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77575 Accessed: 2024-11-15 09:48:44
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