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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)
Slip-coated earthenware with incised decoration painted in green and dark yellow under lead-glaze
Buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and the upper part of the exterior coated with cream slip, incised, painted in green and dark yellow, and lead-glazed. Three spur marks in the middle. Circular with carinated sides which slop inwards towards the rim, standing on a high footring. Decorated in the centre with a crossed circle with a spiral above within a circle of radiating strokes between pairs of concentric circles. On the sides there is a continuous row of rather pointed scallops between pairs of horizontal bands. There is a green splodge between two yellow in the centre, and alternate splodges over the sides. The exterior glaze appears yellowish dark brown.
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: 8.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
15th Century#
Circa
1300
CE
-
1500
CE
Probably from Cyprus
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream)
Glaze
composed of
lead-glaze
Rim
Diameter 15.2 cm
Decoation
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, thrown, the interior and the upper part of the exterior coated with cream slip, incised, painted in green and dark yellow, and lead-glazed
Slip-coated
Accession number: C.336-1991
Primary reference Number: 23614
Old object number: EURCER/489
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/23614 Accessed: 2024-12-25 05:20:44
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