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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in polychrome under a colourless glaze
Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, blue, black and emerald green under a colourless glaze
Shape: segmental bowl with a plain, flangeless rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring
Interior: below the rim two black concentric lines are painted. On the body, a symmetrical polychrome floral spray including blue tulips dotted with red, are clasped at the bottom and mid point by overlying agrafe motifs and encircled by prunus branches.
Exterior: on the body, between black concentric lines on the rim and foot ring, a frieze of paired blue tulips and green and red rosettes. Glaze covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring.
Bequeathed by Mr T.H. Riches
Height: 5 cm
Weight: 711 g
Width: 28 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
16th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1565
CE
-
Circa
1575
CE
Floral style
Base
Diameter 16.1 cm
Rim
Diameter 28 cm
colourless, covers the surface except for the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
red slip, blue, black and emerald green
Pigment
Fritware
Moulding
: Fritware, mould made, painted in red slip, blue, black and emerald green under a colourless glaze
Glazing (coating)
Painting underglaze
Accession number: C.15-1950
Primary reference Number: 72139
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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