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Potter: Unknown (Possibly)
Fritware, slipped in white and painted in blue under a clear glaze
Fritware, moulded, coated in a white slip painted in blue under a clear glaze.
Shape: circular body with carination just below a flat rim and base with air holes in the upper surface a large circular hole in the base. Applied pointed handles are attached to the body and it sits on three protruding legs.
Exterior: On the rim a frieze of repeating ‘S’ shaped scrolls. On the upper surface, a series of cloud scrolls with tails encircle the air holes that are further defined by blue circles. On the exterior body, a frieze of scrolling vines with leaves and a central rosette is enclosed above, by a Greek key or meander pattern, and below by small semi ovals. On the base, around the edge, a reverse ‘C’ pattern is enclosed within a lattice which encloses three arabesques between the legs. On the legs, blue vertical painted lines and a flower are painted.
Interior: glazed but otherwise no decoration.
History note: Oscar Raphael Bequest
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 9.6 cm
Weight: 448 g
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
15th Century#
Circa
1400
-
1499
Base
Diameter 12.1 cm
Rim
Diameter 12 cm
Upper Surface
blue
Pigment
clear
Glaze
Fritware
Slip
Moulding
: Fritware, moulded, coated in a white slip painted in blue under a clear glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing
Slip-coating
Accession number: OC.178-1946
Primary reference Number: 77617
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Incense burner" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77617 Accessed: 2024-12-18 10:58:44
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