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Bowl: C.328-1991

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Maker(s)

Pottery: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Dark buff earthenware, thrown, coated with cream slip on the interior and exterior except for the base; the interior incised and touched with copper-green under very thin lead-glaze. Circular, with shallow carinated sides, and slightly sloping centre, standing on a footring. Decorated in the centre with an incised stylised bird with a large splodge of green over its front and a thinner green outline round its back and tail. Round the edge at irregular intervals there are green splodges, two of which have run downwards.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

15th Century
Circa 1400 - 1500

Note

Byzantine, probably from Cyprus or Italy?

Components of the work

Whole, Not Base composed of slip ( cream)
Glaze composed of lead-glaze
Paint composed of copper-green
Rim Diameter 12.8 cm
Foot Diameter 6.4 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Dark buff earthenware, thrown, coated with cream slip on the interior and exterior except for the base; the interior incised and touched with copper-green under very thin lead-glaze.
Slip-coated

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.328-1991
Primary reference Number: 21839
Old object number: EURCER/432

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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