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Potter: Unknown
17 fritware painted in polychrome under a white glaze
Colortbl red green, blue
fritware, mould made, painted in two shades of blue, black, green and red slip under a transparent, crazed white glaze. b Shape: roughly square with slightly bevelled edges
Upper surface: part of a reticulated design; all decoration is outlined in black. At the centre, clasped by a three tone blue agrafe, two sinuous blue stems, each forming an ogee, are overlain by stems of prunus flowers with central red dot. The stems divide the tile surface into quadrants filled with a central blue, green and red palmette flower surrounded by curving flower stems of blue hyacinth and red tulips or carnations. Glaze covers the surface, running over the edges in places.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given in memory of Niall Claude Beddington
Depth: 1.3 cm
Height: 36 cm
Weight: 3172 g
Width: 35.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1935-06-17) by Beddington, N. A. C.
18th Century, Early#
Circa
1700
CE
-
Circa
1725
CE
Attributed to Iznik on accession but now re-attributed to Diyarbakir
Upper Surface composed of pigment ( blue, turquoise, green, sealing-wax red, and black) glaze ( white, transparent, crazed, covers the surface, running over the edges in places)
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, painted in two shades of blue, black, green and red slip under a transparent, crazed white glaze
Inscription present: written in pencil directly onto object surface
Accession number: C.37-1935
Primary reference Number: 17587
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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