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Potter: Unknown
Fritware coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a slightly everted rim, sits on a foot ring.
Interior: on the body rectangular vertical panels are enclosed within concentric lines. In the roundel a winged bull with human head bearing a crown (probably a lamassu: mythical Assyrian beast, or a harpie) is surrounded by scrolling half palmettes.
Exterior: undecorated except for glaze that runs over the surface unevenly and pools on the foot ring.
History note: Fairfax Murray collection
Given by Oscar Raphael
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 308 g
Width: 19 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1936) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Interior
composed of
slip
( black, carved)
glaze
( turquoise)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, runs over the surface unevenly and pools on the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 19 cm
Base
Diameter 6.8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Accession number: OC.66-1936
Primary reference Number: 77792
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/77792 Accessed: 2024-11-14 22:04:53
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-14 22:04:53|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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