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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Shape: segmental bowl with wide flange rim, sits on a narrow, slightly flaring base
Interior: on the rim a hunt scene of dogs and hares and a bird amongst fleshy palmettes is reserved in lustre. The roundel is framed by concentric bands of dotted scrolls and triangles interspersed with dots, all painted in lustre. Reserved in lustre in the roundel, a horseman, wearing a coat decorated with lustre scrolls, is mounted on a horse whose coat is covered with large and small dots; all surrounded by dotted half-palmettes and incised scrolls.
Exterior: rim is painted with a band of lustre, while on the body linear palmettes divided by horizontal lines. A lustre band is painted on the lower body.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 7.5 cm
Weight: 430 g
Width: 22.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre, terminates unevenly on the foot ring)
glaze
( white)
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 22.1 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: pink rectangular label with serrated edges
Accession number: C.120-1935
Primary reference Number: 71549
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.25
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/71549 Accessed: 2024-12-31 13:33:27
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71549
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-31 13:33:27|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-71549
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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