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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white glaze painted in polychrome and gilded
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in blue, turquoise, black, red, and flesh tones and gilded.
Shape: carinated bowl with a 'T' shaped rim, sits on a low, slightly flared foot ring.
Interior: on the rim a frieze of floriated kufic divided by zig zag lines and hatched medallions, all painted in red, blue, turquoise and black. On the neck, a further floriated inscription, identical to that on the rim, is painted above a frieze of confronted, seated figures divided by leafy fronds. On the base a further pair of figures, flanked by leafy fronds, sit either side of a tree with blue and red leaves, which sprouts from a grassy mound. All the figures wear patterned robes painted in blue red or turquoise with gilded arm bands.
Exterior: a further floriated kufic inscription, identical to those on the interior, is painted on the neck. On the body turquoise tear drop medallions outlined with red alternate with blue quatrefoils.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 10.5 cm
Weight: 1006 g
Width: 25.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise, black, red, and flesh tones)
gold leaf
( gilding in small areas)
glaze
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( red, blue, turquoise)
glaze
( white, terminating unevenly on the foot ring)
Base
Diameter 11.8 cm
Rim
Diameter 25.5 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in white glaze painted in blue, turquoise, black, red, and flesh tones and gilded
Inscription present: floriated blue kufic script with turquoise leaves and red dots
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto the object surface
Accession number: C.129-1935
Primary reference Number: 71740
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.52
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/71740 Accessed: 2024-11-05 08:02:00
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 08:02:00|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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