Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware coated in cream slip, carved under a clear glaze
Red-brown earthenware coated in a cream slip, which is carved and partially coloured green all under a clear glaze
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sitting on a disk base.
Interior: on the body a frieze of hook beaked birds, with well defined wings and facial features and surrounded by curling leaves, are delimited by pairs of incised lines, all carved into the cream slip. Splashes of green pigment are visible on the upper body; glaze pools slightly in the base. Three scar marks resulting from the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln are visible on the base.
Exterior: on the upper body, the glaze is coloured green, almost covering the cream slip on the upper body.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 6.6 cm
Weight: 351 g
Width: 18.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
11th-13th Century
Circa
1000
-
1299
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream, carved)
pigment
( green, splashed)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( coloured with green pigment)
slip
( cream)
Rim
Diameter 18.2 cm
Base
Diameter 6.1 cm
Materials used in production
red-brown
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Red-brown earthenware coated in a cream slip, which is carved and partially coloured green all under a clear glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
- Text: "LENT BY" (printed in black) /Brangwyn (typed in purple) /"No." (printed) "55" (hand written in black); "9 " (hand written in pencil and crossed out)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.168-1935
Primary reference Number: 138559
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BR.55
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 12 July 2016
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
