Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware decorated with slip, painted in black with a turquoise glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, relief decoration created with slip, painted in black and blue under a transparent turquoise glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim, sits on a narrow foot ring
Interior: rim is painted with a dentilated pattern in black and blue. On the body a bird, possibly a bustard, flies amongst lotus type flowers and trefoil leaves, all outlined in black and dotted with black or blue. These leaves and flowers are also defined using slip to create a raised surface.
Exterior: black lines radiate from the base towards a pair of concentric lines just below the rim, creating a stylised lotus petal design. The glaze runs over the vessel surface ending on the lower body.
Notes
History note: Given by Lady Lee
Legal notes
Given by Lady Lee in memory of her husband, Sir Frank Lee
Measurements and weight
Height: 9.7 cm
Weight: 416 g
Width: 19.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1971-07-22)
by
Lee, Lady
Dating
14th Century-15th Century
Circa
1300
CE
-
1499
CE
School or Style
Bojnurd
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
slip
( in discrete areas, creating relief surface on the interior)
glaze
( transparent turquoise)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( transparent, turquoise, runs over the vessel surface ending on the lower body)
Rim
Diameter 19.9 cm
Base
Diameter 6.5 cm
Inteiror
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff fritware, wheel thrown, relief decoration created with slip, painted in black and blue under a transparent turquoise glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.2-1971
Primary reference Number: 73212
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
