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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre.
Shape: biconical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: on the rim is painted with arabesques flanked by stylised birds. On the body, a frieze of mounted horsemen are separated by checker board trees. In the roundel, two seated opposing figures flanked by chequer board trees and framed above by birds and below by fishes.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band. On the body scrolling arabesques are divided by vertical lines, further scrolls are painted on the lower body. Glaze runs over the surface, ending unevenly on the foot ring.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9.3 cm
Weight: 423 g
Width: 21.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
Miniature style
Interior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( white, runs over the surface, ending unevenly on the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 21.8 cm
Base
Diameter 8.8 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted with lustre
Inscription present: hand written directly on object surface
Accession number: C.123-1935
Primary reference Number: 71633
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.51?
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/71633 Accessed: 2024-12-26 15:29:44
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 15:29:44|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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