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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware fragment, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze
Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragment with a red body tone, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze
Shape: part of wall of a rounded vessel
Interior: incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze, the top part of a calligraphic register is bounded above by an incised line, the letters and decorative dashes between them enhanced with an extra layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze
Exterior: : incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze, the middle part of a calligraphic register, the letters and decorative dashes between them enhanced with an extra layer of slip creating a relief effect and paler tone under the glaze
History note: Bequeathed by Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher
Bequeathed by Dr J.W.L Glaisher
Height: 7 cm
Weight: 129 g
Width: 11.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1250
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( cream)
glaze
( yellow)
Interior
composed of
slip
( cream)
glaze
( yellow)
Throwing : Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragment with a red body tone, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze
Accession number: C.1993-1928
Primary reference Number: 72942
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sherd" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72942 Accessed: 2024-12-18 10:15:05
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 10:15:05|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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