Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Frtiware coated in blue glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted with lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl on a foot ring
Interior: a radiating lustre star, whose arms enclose seated figures reserved within lozenges, all painted on a blue glaze.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band, while on the body a frieze of scrolls divided by vertical lines are painted in lustre. Blue glaze covers the surface to the upper section of the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 6.2 cm
Weight: 176 g
Width: 16.1 cm
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
1200
CE
School or Style
Seljuk
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( blue, glaze covers the surface to the upper section of the foot ring)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 16.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a blue glaze painted in lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
- Text: “Lent by” (printed), “Brangwyn” (typed), "87" (hand written in black), "88" (hand written in pencil and crossed through), "90" (hand written in pencil and encircled)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto the vessel surface
- Text: ‘87’
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.115-1935
Primary reference Number: 138555
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.87
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 2 May 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
