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Fritware coated in a white slip and painted in four colours under a transparent white glaze
Fritware coated in a white slip and painted in blue, red, green and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: pear shaped body with slightly flared neck sitting on an out-turned foot ring. A strap handle with lower finger rest is attached just below the rim and on the shoulder.
Exterior: just below the rim, a frieze of blue lobbed arches is outlined in black and contains a red central dot. On the neck and body, a frieze of lateen-rigged ships with blue and white stripped sails on black and green hulls and rigging float amongst red or green stylised islands, all outlined in black. On these ship friezes, the green pigment has run slightly into the white background. On the shoulder, separating the ship friezes, a band of dashed lines sits above lotus panel arcading in red and blue outlined in black. The handle is painted with blue horizontal and vertical stripes. On the lower body, a frieze of black scrolling lines is enclosed by sets of black concentric lines. Glaze covers the surface except the rim of the foot ring.
Interior: surface is coated in glaze but otherwise undecorated.
History note: Messrs Durlacher, 142 New Bond St., London
Given by Messrs. Durlacher
Height: 22 cm
Weight: 562 g
Width: 14 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1911) by Durlacher, Messrs
16th Century, Late
Circa
1570
CE
-
Circa
1590
CE
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( red, blue, green and black)
Base
Diameter 8.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 8 cm
transparent white glaze, covers the surface except the rim of the foot ring
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware coated in a white slip and painted in blue, red, green and black under a transparent white glaze
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.29-1911
Primary reference Number: 74198
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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