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Earthenware, coated in a white slip. Painted on the interior in three colours under a clear glaze; turquoise glazed exterior.
Earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip. Painted on the interior in black, blue and green under a clear glaze and with a turquoise glazed exterior.
Shape: lightly carinated bowl with a flange rim, sits on a disc base
Interior: radiating from a central polychrome rosette, a swirling pattern of blue vegetal fronds is separated by off-white curving lines, all reserved in blue. A narrow band of blurred, blue scrolling vegetation is painted on the neck, while on the rim a wider band of scrolling half palmettes is outlined in green and reserved in blue. Glaze forms droplets on one section of the rim, three scars from a tripod staking device used in the kiln are evident on the base.
Exterior: Undecorated except for turquoise glaze, which terminates unevenly on the lower body.
Height: 7.2 cm
Weight: 1728 g
Width: 32.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1909) by Kalebijian, Paris
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1899
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, green and black)
glaze
( clear)
slip
( white)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Base
Diameter 10.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 32.1 cm
Exterior Body
Throwing : Earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated in a white slip. Painted on the interior in black, blue and green under a clear glaze and with a turquoise glazed exterior.
Accession number: C.11-1909
Primary reference Number: 71342
Old object number: Formerly 156-1909
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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