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Bowl: C.21-2009

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware incised and painted in five colours under a clear glaze

Fritware, wheel made with incised decoration and painted in blue, red, yellow, black and green under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a slightly out-turned rim on a narrow foot ring
Interior: around the rim a frieze of blue petals and stylised stems with green and yellow leaves interspersed with red dots. Painted in the roundel and enclosed within two blue concentric lines, a polychrome floral spray framed by two green ‘saz’ style leaves.
Exterior: on the rim a repeating frieze of three black semi-circles with red central dot is reserved in blue and yellow. On the body inter-locking palmette medallions outlined in green and black contain incised lozenges and a dotted pine stem in yellow, black and red. Glaze covers the exterior surface including the underside of the foot ring.

Notes

History note: Raymond Ades; Mrs Raymond Ades

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Raymond Ades

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.1 cm
Weight: 207 g
Width: 12.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kutahiya ⪼ Anatolia ⪼ Turkey

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Ades, Raymond, Mrs

Dating

18th Century, first half#
Circa 1700 CE - 1750 CE

School or Style

Ottoman

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of pigment ( blue, red, yellow, black and green)
Interior composed of pigment ( blue, red, yellow, black and green)
Rim Diameter 12.3 cm
Base Diameter 4.6 cm

Materials used in production

clear, slightly crazed Glaze
Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Fritware, wheel made with incised decoration and painted in blue, red, yellow, black and green under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: inscription under the glaze

  • Text: asterisk
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand painted in black
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the foot ring

  • Text: Lent by R.Ades, 1948, No. 105
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular paper label adhered to the underside of the foot ring

  • Text: 16.M
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.21-2009
Primary reference Number: 71032
Old object number: AL.105-1948
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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

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