Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre and coloured with blue on the base.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly convex body, sits on a low foot ring.
Interior: radiating from a central triangle, with a chequer board pattern, three arabesques are painted on the body where they alternate with medallions containing seated figures.
Exterior: rim is painted with a lustre band above a frieze of pseudo-calligraphy. White glaze covers the body and runs unevenly onto the foot ring, where it is splashed with blue. A band of blue pigment is painted on the rim of the foot ring and blue glaze covers the underside.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 7 cm
Weight: 197 g
Width: 17.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1199
CE
School or Style
Seljuk
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Exterior Foot Ring
composed of
glaze
( blue pigment is painted on the rim of the foot ring and glaze is coloured blue on the underside)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( white)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( white)
Rim
Diameter 17.5 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Materials used in production
lustre (except exterior foot ring)
Oxide colours
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white glaze painted in lustre and coloured with blue on the base
Painting overglaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: “Lent by” (printed), “Brangwyn” (typed), "102" (hand written in black), "97" (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.176-1935
Primary reference Number: 72578
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.102
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
