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Earthenware coated in cream slip incised and painted in three colours under a clear glaze
Red brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a cream slip incised and coloured with green, brown and black, covered in a clear glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with everted, T-shaped rim on a disc base that is cut away on the underside.
Interior: incised through a cream slip, a triangle and dot pattern on the rim; on the neck scalloped lines within crescent cartouche, all in alternating colours. On the base a brown hare with carved vegetal decoration on the body is surrounded by green and brown scrolling vegetation.
Exterior: remnants of cream slip below the rim and glaze running over the upper body, all probably residual from interior decoration.
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 8.9 cm
Weight: 954 g
Width: 25.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
Interior
composed of
painting underglaze
( brown, green, black - within incised lines)
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( clear, spills over from the interior)
Exterior Rim
composed of
slip
( cream, spills over from the interior)
Rim
Diameter 25.4 cm
Base
Diameter 8 cm
Throwing : Red brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a cream slip incised and coloured with green, brown and black, covered in a clear glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge on the upper and lower levels
Inscription present: two circular paper labels
Accession number: OC.153-1946
Primary reference Number: 77587
Oscar Raphael: 24
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/77587 Accessed: 2024-11-25 00:54:27
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University of Cambridge}}
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