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Potter: Unknown
Frtiware coated in grey, painted with white slip and black pigment under a colourless glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in grey, decorated with white slip and black pigment, covered with a colourless glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl on a low, narrow foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted with bands of black and white. On the body three birds with long tails sit amongst leafy foliage and lotus flowers; all painted in white and outlined black.
Exterior: the rim is painted with bands of black and white. On the body, imitating a lotus petal design, white arcading is outlined in black and contains a dotted black line. Glaze terminates on the lower body or foot ring.
History note: Bought from I.Moradoff, April 1929
Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael
Height: 7.3 cm
Weight: 218 g
Width: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
13th Century, Mid-14th Century, Mid#
Circa
1260
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Circa
1350
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( colourless, dull, terminates on the lower body or foot ring)
slip
( grey)
slip
( white, used to create decoration)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( colourless, dull)
slip
( grey)
slip
( white, used to create decoration)
Rim
Diameter 16 cm
Base
Diameter 4.5 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in grey, decorated with white slip and black pigment, covered with a colourless glaze
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label, with serrated top and bottom edges
Inscription present: circular white paper label
Accession number: OC.169-1946
Primary reference Number: 77605
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/77605 Accessed: 2024-12-27 18:04:06
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-27 18:04:06|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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