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Earthenware coated in a white slip painted in four colours under a clear glaze
Red earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in brown yellow, green and red under a clear glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on an uneven disc base
Interior: the rim is painted with brown crescents. On the body a bejewelled, stylised bird with head plume is painted in four colours in the ‘sari’ style. Around the bird three medallions are painted in yellow and brown.
Exterior: undecorated except for a white slip that extends to the lower body.
History note: Oscar Raphael Bequest
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 6.8 cm
Weight: 294 g
Width: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
20th Century, Early
Circa
1900
-
Circa
1925
Sari style
Interior
composed of
pigment
( brown yellow, green and red)
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 18 cm
Base
Diameter 8.6 cm
Throwing : Red earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip painted in brown yellow, green and red under a clear glaze
Inscription present: small circular paper label
Accession number: OC.177-1946
Primary reference Number: 77616
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/77616 Accessed: 2024-12-22 16:37:45
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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77616
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 16:37:45|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/OC_177_1946_281_29.jpg" alt="Bowl" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption> </figure> </div>
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