Skip to main content

Bowl: C.416-1991

An image of Bowl

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Pinky-brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in cream slip painted brown and green under a clear glaze on interior. Exterior has an incised cream slip under a green glaze.
Shape: Finely potted segmental bowl with a plain rim and an angled disc base.
Interior: Cream slip coating decorated with a spread eagled bird using brown paint in reverse. The features of the bird, beak, eyes and a neck collar, are painted in brown. The bird is decorated, with two trefoils at each shoulder and a scalloped line on the central body, both formed with green paint outlined in brown. Scrolling vegetal decoration in brown paint surrounds the bird. Around the rim a concentric band of green painted decoration has run at irregular intervals over the cream slip immediately below it and occasionally into lower painted designs. On the bird’s body, in the centre of the bowl, three spur marks are clearly visible, probably resulting from the use of a tripod stacking device during firing.
Exterior: A cream slip coating underlies green glaze which runs over the upper three quarters of the body, pooling slightly in places just above the base. Under the glaze, just below the rim incised reverse ‘S’ shapes form a repeating pattern.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.8 cm
Weight: 181 g
Width: 14.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

10th Century
Circa 900 CE - 999 CE

School or Style

Samanid

Components of the work

Interior composed of glaze ( clear) slip ( cream) pigment ( green, brown)
Upper Exterior composed of slip ( cream) glaze ( green)
Rim Diameter 14.6 cm
Base Diameter 5.2 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Pinky-brown earthenware, wheel thrown, with cream slip painted in brown and green under a clear glaze on the interior. Exterior has an incised cream slip under a green glaze.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular card tie on label with string attached

  • Text: ISCER/542
  • Location: Loose
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.416-1991
Primary reference Number: 29202
Packing number: ISCER 542
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29202 Accessed: 2024-11-09 00:50:22

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/29202 |title=Bowl |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-09 00:50:22|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-29202

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa6/C_416_1991_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Bowl"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...