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Fritware with slip decoration coated in white glaze painted in blue, brown and turquoise and leaf gilded
Fritware, wheel thrown and decorated with slip, covered in an opaque cream glaze painted in the glaze in blue, brown and turquoise, over the glaze in black and leaf gilded.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a collared rim and a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the neck, a pair of blue concentric bands contains a guilloche pattern created using piped slip. Radiating from the base a star shape, formed using piped slip, terminates on the body where it forms part of a frieze of turquoise hearts and blue commas of differing size. Both on the neck and in the frieze on the body, evidence of gilding remains in small patches, particularly visible on the painted areas.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a turquoise band, while on the neck, a frieze of blue calligraphy is decorated with turquoise foliage which is outlined in black and surrounded by brown dots. Cream glaze runs unevenly over the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 9.2 cm
Weight: 417 g
Width: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1180
-
1219
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise (in glaze))
slip
( piped to form decoration)
glaze
( white)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, turquoise, brown (in glaze), black (over glaze))
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 21.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown and decorated with slip, covered in an opaque cream glaze painted in the glaze in blue, brown and turquoise, over the glaze in black and leaf gilded
Inscription present: a frieze of blue calligraphy is decorated with turquoise foliage outlined in black and surrounded by brown dots
Inscription present: Rectangular paper label with serrated edge on the bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: hand written in pencil on the base
Accession number: C.136-1935
Primary reference Number: 71869
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.64
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/71869 Accessed: 2024-11-13 13:44:40
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