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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, wheel thrown, incised and coated in a turquoise glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, incised and coated in a turquoise glaze
Shape: conical bowl with gently concave sides, a plain rim, with one slight indent, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: incised on the upper body are a series of concentric lines between which scrolling lines are enclosed within spandrels. Glaze pools slightly in the base and displays slight splashes of blue on the body
Exterior: Turquoise glaze runs over the surface terminating unevenly on the lower body.
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 8.6 cm
Weight: 342 g
Width: 18.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( one small area of blue)
glazing (coating)
( turquoise)
Exterior Body
composed of
glazing (coating)
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 18.8 cm
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Interior Neck
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, incised and coated in turquoise glaze
Inscription present: white rectangular label
Inscription present: written directly onto the object surface
Inscription present: black rectangular label
Accession number: C.100-2019
Primary reference Number: 71077
Previous ID: AL.57-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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/71077 Accessed: 2024-12-31 20:08:49
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-31 20:08:49|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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