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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, coated in a white and blue glaze decorated with blue and painted with lustre
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white and blue glaze decorated with blue and painted with lustre
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim, sits on low, wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim a hunt scene of dogs and hares surrounded by scrolling vegetation are reserved in lustre. On the body decoration is contained by a blue line on the rim and four inter-connecting palmettes, outlined in blue, which form a star shape on the base. Reserved in lustre within these palmettes, horsemen are surrounded by scrolling half palmettes. Jewel like motifs, surrounded by dots and scrolls are painted in lustre in the spandrels between the blue palmettes, in the inter-connected sections and the star shape on the base.
Exterior: the rim is painted with a lustre band above lustre arabesques on the body. The glaze terminates unevenly on the exterior foot ring. The underside of the foot ring is lightly coated with blue glaze.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 336 g
Width: 20.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late
Circa
1170
CE
-
Circa
1200
CE
Monumental style
Underside Foot Ring
composed of
glaze
( blue, lightly coated)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue)
oxide colours
( lustre)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( white, terminates unevenly on the exterior foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 20.8 cm
Base
Diameter 7.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a white and blue glaze decorated with blue pigment and painted with lustre
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Inscription present: written directly onto the object surface
Inscription present: pink rectangular label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.177-1935
Primary reference Number: 72595
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.67
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72595 Accessed: 2024-12-22 12:12:47
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