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Potter: Unknown
Fritware with carved black slip under a transparent white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, with carved black slip under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: painted with a black band on the rim. On the base a bird, with finial protruding from its head (possibly a crown), is carved in black.
Exterior: black band continues on the rim. Glaze covers the body to the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6.4 cm
Weight: 216 g
Width: 16.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century
Circa
1150
-
Circa
1299
Or possibly Il-Khanid based on similarity to Kier collection object
Interior
composed of
slip
( black, carved)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Exterior Rim
composed of
slip
( black, carved)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( white, transparent, covers the body to the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 16.1 cm
Base
Diameter 7 cm
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge
Inscription present: written directly onto the pot surface
Accession number: C.104-1935
Primary reference Number: 71219
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.117
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/71219 Accessed: 2024-11-17 15:35:39
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-17 15:35:39|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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