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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white slip carved and incised under a green glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip, carved and incised under a green glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with an indented ‘pie crust’ rim and sitting on a thick disc base.
Interior: on the neck a frieze of incised spirals separated by vertical lines. On the body carved into the slip a sphinx, with rosettes on the rear legs and bejewelled bands is surrounded by scrolling vegetation of split and complete palmettes. Scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: below the rim a kufic inscription is carved into the surface. Glaze and slip terminate just below the vessel carination.
History note: Bought from George Tabbagh, Nov. 1923
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 12.6 cm
Weight: 1466 g
Width: 26.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century-13th Century
19th Century-20th Century, Early#
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Circa
1850
CE
-
Circa
1925
CE
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( green)
slip
( white)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( green)
slip
( white)
Base
Diameter 10.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 26 cm
Exterior Neck
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip, carved and incised under a green glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated lower edge
Inscription present: small circular paper labels
Inscription present: Kufic script
Accession number: OC.155-1946
Primary reference Number: 77589
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/77589 Accessed: 2024-12-22 18:39:22
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77589
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 18:39:22|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-77589
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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