Skip to main content

Fragment: OC.7-1940

An image of Fragment
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in blue, black, red, green, white and buff and leaf gilding

Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in glaze in blue and over the glaze in black, red, green, white and buff, and leaf gilding.
Shape: roughly rectangular shaped fragment
Interior: seated figure, outlined in black, wearing a red cloak decorated with white scrolls, gold leaf armbands, green tunic and black hat. At the bottom left hand corner the partial body of animal, possibly a bird, is visible outlined in black and coloured in blue, green and red.
Exterior: partial frieze of black calligraphy

Legal notes

Given by G.D. Hornblower, OBE

Measurements and weight

Height: 6 cm
Weight: 12 g
Width: 4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Hornblower, G. D., OBE

Dating

12th Dynasty, Late-13th Dynasty
Circa 1180 - 1219

School or Style

Seljuk

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Exterior composed of pigment ( black (over-glaze))
Interior composed of pigment ( blue (in-glaze), black, red, green, white and buff (over-glaze))

Materials used in production

white Glaze
Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in glaze in blue and over the glaze in black, red, green, white and buff, and leaf gilding
Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.7-1940
Primary reference Number: 77815

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Fragment" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77815 Accessed: 2025-12-05 09:32:10

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77815 |title=Fragment |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 09:32:10|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-77815

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa13/OC_7_1940.jpg"
        alt="Fragment"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Fragment</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo