IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 138565 accession number: C.18.4-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments with reddish body tone, coated with cream or pinkish slips and incised under yellow glaze, enhanced with dark brown, light brown and green pigments A: Shape: fragment of a carinated goblet with straight sides standing on a low foot ring Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, the lower body walls undecorated, a left-facing walking lion the base is incised with thin double lines over a background of a densely spiralling scribbled ground, encircled by a double incised line around the base Exterior: undecorated yellow glaze applied over a pinkish slip B: Shape: part of the upper body of a vessel with rounded convex walls Interior: yellow glaze applied direct to the body, an isolated group of calligraphy on the upper body is enhanced with light brown pigment and with circular dots of dark brown pigment between the lettering, a double incised line enhanced with a thicker layer of slip under the glaze below the rim Exterior: undecorated yellow glaze applied direct to the body C: Shape: fragment of a vessel with rounded convex sides leading via a carination to the interior part of a flanged rim Interior: beige surface colour produced by yellow glaze over a pinkish slip, on the rim, the lower part of a pattern of s-shapes is delineated below by an incised line, decorated underneath with a scalloped band. On the lower body, a double incised line enhanced with thicker slip under the glaze encircles a pattern of interlocking opposed triangles decorated with light brown pigment, and a panel of pseudo calligraphy enhanced with extra slip under the glaze and framed with dark brown pigment. Exterior: beige surface colour produced by undecorated yellow glaze over a pinkish slip D: Shape: small irregular fragment, with rounded thin walls Interior: yellow glaze applied over a cream slip, an isolated group of incised lettering enhanced with a thicker layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze, and a patch of green glaze, on the rim a double incised line is decorated underneath with a scalloped band. Exterior: yellow glaze applied over a cream slip, with a small splash of green pigment at one edge object type: Four earthenware fragments, all with cream or pinkish slips incised under yellow glaze, enhanced with dark brown, light brown and green pigments title: sherd NOTES ----- type: history note value: From Farouk I University LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138565 TECHNIQUES ---------- Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments with reddish body tone, coated with cream or pinkish slips and incised under yellow glaze, enhanced with dark brown, light brown and green pigments throwing CATEGORIES ------ category: glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1250 - 1399 creation date earliest: 1250 creation date latest: 1399 culture: 13th Century, Late-14th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown CITATIONS -------- Saracenic Heraldry Renaissance of Islam. Art of the Mamluks Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum Ceramics from Islamic Lands Archaeological Excavations at Kom-el-Dik. A Preliminary Report on the Medieval Pottery --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_18_4A_D_1948.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/mid_C_18_4A_D_1948.jpg height: 362 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_18_4A_D_1948.jpg height: 550 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/preview_C_18_4A_D_1948.jpg height: 181 pixels width: 250 pixels