Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: a radiating design comprises alternating black and blue bands with epigraphy (incised through the pigment) and black feather like fronds reserved in blue. A black bird and spandrel fillers are painted between the radiating arms.
Exterior: black water weeds are painted on the body. The glaze covers the surface and runs unevenly over the base and covers the underside with the exception of the rim of the foot ring.
History note: Found at Gurgan
Accepted by HM Government under the Cultural Gifts Scheme from the Ades Family and allocated to the Fitzwilliam, 2019
Height: 10 cm
Weight: 378 g
Width: 22.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2019-07-01) by Ades Family
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( transparent, white)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( transparent, white, covers the surface and runs unevenly over the base and covers the underside with the exception of the rim of the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 22.4 cm
Base
Diameter 8.5 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black and blue under a transparent white glaze
Inscription present: inscribed on the black radiating panels in cursive script
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Inscription present: black rectangular paper label
Accession number: C.82-2019
Primary reference Number: 71084
Previous ID: AL.67-1948
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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