Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in painted in black, blue and purple under a clear glaze.
Shape: deep hemispherical bowl with a plain rim and sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted blue. On the upper body a honey comb pattern is outlined in black with lozenges containing a group of blue dots, or a large purple dot which has run into the surrounding area. The roundel contains flowers and leaves outlined in black and highlighted with blue or turquoise. Three scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: decoration on the rim continues onto the exterior. A honey comb pattern identical to that on the interior covers the body. At the join between the lower body and foot ring a concentric band of purple is painted. Glaze, which is heavily pitted towards the base, runs unevenly over the foot ring; the underside of the foot ring is also unevenly covered with glaze.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 11.5 cm
Weight: 637 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early
Circa
1550
CE
-
1699
CE
School or Style
Safavid (1501-1738)
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, purple)
glaze
( transparent)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, purple)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( transparent, runs unevenly over the foot ring; the underside of the foot ring is also unevenly covered, pitted towards base.)
Rim
Diameter 20.8 cm
Base
Diameter 8 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware painted in painted in black, blue and purple under a clear glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
- Text: Lent by (printed), Brangwyn (typed), 48 (hand written in black), 77 (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: hand inscribed in black directly onto the surface of the vessel
- Text: 877
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.138-1935
Primary reference Number: 71897
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.48
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
