Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Five earthenware fragments, with and without cream slips, enhanced with light and dark brown pigment and incised under yellow glazes
Long Description: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments body tones ranging from grey to reddish, some coated with cream slips, enhanced with light and dark brown pigment and incised under yellow glazes
A:
Shape: fragment of a bowl with convex walls and inverted rim, sitting on a low foot ring
Interior: yellow glaze applied over a cream slip, the rim enhanced with brown pigment under the glaze, and a triple incised line on the upper body. On the base an interweaving six-pointed star pattern is incised over a ground densely spiralling scribbled lines and vegetal decoration, the same background is repeated in a band enclosing the star.
Exterior: light brown surface colour produced by yellow glaze applied direct to the body, undecorated
B:
Shape: base and part of lower body of carinated cup standing on a small flaring foot ring, with straight sides, collared above the carination
Interior: Very pale yellow glaze applied over a cream slip; a large finely-incised six-pointed rosette infilled with brown on the base is encircled by two double lines on the lower body, above which the bottom of a lobed decoration enhanced with light brown glaze is partly visible
Exterior: pale yellow glaze over a cream slip running over the foot ring, decorated above the carination with parallel vertical dark brown lines painted under the glaze
C:
Shape: fragment of rim and upper body of a thin-walled vessel with straight sides flaring outwards slightly
Interior: Yellow glaze over a cream slip, concentric lines below the rim and at the bottom of the fragment enclose an incised calligraphic band, the letters are defined with a thicker layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze
Exterior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, within concentric lines under the rim an incised band of s-shaped motifs is painted in alternating light and dark brown pigments and thicker layers of slip creating a paler tone
D:
Shape: small irregular fragment, with thin rounded walls
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, under an incised line below the rim is a group of incised calligraphy, the letters defined with a thicker layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze
Exterior: brown surface colour produced by a yellow glaze applied direct to the body, undecorated
E Cypriot, Paphos ware 14th Century
Shape: angular, out-turned foot ring and base
Interior: hatched medallion design incised through pale yellowy-green glaze over a speckled cream slip
Exterior: unglazed apart from one splash running down from the now-missing lower body
Notes
History note: From Farouk I University Alexandria
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( dark brown, light brown)
glaze
( yellow)
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( dark brown)
glaze
( yellow)
Rim A
Diameter 21 cm
Rim D
Diameter 21 cm
Rim C
Diameter 23 cm
Foot Ring B
Diameter 5.1 cm
Foot Ring A
Diameter 5.7 cm
Rim E
Diameter 7.8 cm
Whole E
Height 3.3 cm
Weight 111 g
Width 7.5 cm
Whole B
Height 5.5 cm
Weight 120 g
Width 9.4 cm
Whole D
Height 6.4 cm
Weight 30 g
Width 5.8 cm
Whole C
Height 6.6 cm
Weight 39 g
Width 6.6 cm
Whole A
Height 9.7 cm
Weight 197 g
Width 12.7 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragments body tones ranging from grey to reddish, some coated with cream slips, enhanced with light and dark brown pigment and incised under yellow glazes
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.18.3-1948
Primary reference Number: 72652
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
