Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
Shape: bi-conical bowl with plain rim and foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted blue, while the body is divided by a radiating black ‘Maltese’ cross whose edges are highlighted in blue and which contains an Arabic (cursive) inscription painted in reserve. This cross separates four panels in which black radiating water weeds are painted against a blue background. Glaze is pooled slightly in the base.
Exterior: touches of blue from the interior are visible on the rim. On the body a simple, repeating water weed design is painted in black. Glaze runs unevenly over the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.9 cm
Width: 16.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
1220
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed, runs unevenly over the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Rim
Diameter 16.7 cm
Base
Diameter 6.9 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, crazed glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.105-1935
Primary reference Number: 71234
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.13
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
