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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Shape: cylindrical jar with lobbed body, straight neck and a bead rim. Sits on a thick, wide foot ring.
Exterior: rim is painted with lustre. On the neck a hunt scene of running quadrupeds, including hares and dogs, is reserved on a lustred ground that also contains fleshy palmettes. On the body lozenge or rectangular shape moulded lobes are filled with a geometrical pattern of seated figures, birds or palmettes, all of which are reserved in lustre; these alternate with arabesques painted in lustre. Spandrels around the palmettes and on the shoulder are filled with lustre scrolls.
Interior: lustre paint continues on the rim. The remainder of the vessel is covered with a blue glaze that is painted with a pseudo inscription in lustre on the neck.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 30.6 cm
Weight: 1634 g
Width: 19.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1200
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( blue)
Exterior
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white)
Interior Neck
composed of
painting overglaze
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 10.7 cm
Base
Diameter 12 cm
Moulding : Fritware, mould made, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top, bottom and right hand
Inscription present: written directly onto the object surface
Inscription present: pink rectangular paper label with serrated edges
Accession number: C.125-1935
Primary reference Number: 71670
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BR.29
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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