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Potter: Unknown
Buff fritware, pierced, incised and painted under a transparent glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted blue with incised and pierced decoration on separate areas of the vessel, all under crazed transparent glaze.
Shape: finely potted bi-conical bowl with plain rim and foot ring
Interior: rim is painted blue, below which a concentric frieze, comprising circular or triangular pierced holes embellished with lightly incised decoration, forms a cable pattern.
Exterior: blue paint on the rim continues on the exterior. Pierced frieze is also visible but lacks added incised decoration. A transparent glaze covers the surface evenly except on the foot ring base where coverage is irregular.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead,
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest, 1950; transferred from Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 7.3 cm
Weight: 169 g
Width: 16.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
1299
CE
Rim
composed of
pigment
( blue)
Diameter 16.2 cm
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Base
Diameter 6.5 cm
Exterior
Throwing : Buff fritware, wheel thrown, with pierced, incised and painted decoration under a transparent glaze
Accession number: C.414-1991
Primary reference Number: 29178
Packing number: ISCER 618
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/29178 Accessed: 2024-11-22 09:01:42
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