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Pottery: Unknown (Uncertain)
Bowl with narrow rim. Buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and rim coated with cream slip, incised, and coloured in green, brownish-yellow, and manganese-brown, under lead-glaze; the exterior lead-glazed brownish-yellow; base unglazed. Circular with a narrow sloping rim, and deep curved sides, standing on a disk base. The well is decorated with a stylized plant springing from a point on the shoulder. It has three pairs of brown leaves with green buds on stems between them, and a dark brownish-yellow flower at the top. There is a dark brown band round the shoulder, and, on the rim, a series of curls rising from the band, with a brown splodge on each, and randomly-placed green splodges in the spaces.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 6.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century-15th Century#
Circa
1300
CE
-
1500
CE
Byzantine or Italian?
Interior And Rim
composed of
slip
( cream)
Glaze
composed of
lead-glaze
Rim
Diameter 15.3 cm
Decoration
Throwing : Buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and rim coated with cream slip, incised, and coloured in green, brownish-yellow, and manganese-brown, under lead-glaze; the exterior lead-glazed brownish-yellow; base unglazed
Inscription present: circular with serrated edge, '671' over '3'
Accession number: C.327-1991
Primary reference Number: 21818
Old object number: EURCER/487
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/21818 Accessed: 2024-12-27 02:34:57
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