Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Description
Fritware painted in three colours under a white glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze.
Shape: deep, carinated bowl with ‘T’ shaped rim, sits on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: on the rim, a band of blue dots is framed by blue or black concentric lines. On the body lobbed arches contain a central tear drop cartouche, both these elements and the spandrels are filled with blue or purple curled leaves. Rectangular panels containing blue and black dots and dashes separate these arches. In the roundel a deer is reserved in blue on a background of further coloured leaves. Splashes of turquoise paint in the rim and body.
Exterior: the rim is painted with dark blue above a band of curled leaves on the neck. On the body dots and vertical lines are enclosed on the lower body by concentric bands. Glaze covers the surface to the foot ring, with a thin covering on the underside.
Notes
History note: Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, Cambridge
Legal notes
Given by Louis C.G. Clark, MA
Measurements and weight
Height: 13.6 cm
1473
Width: 27 cm
At the moment, this record does not display units or type of
measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1931-06-05)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Dating
13th Century, Mid-14th Century, Mid
Circa
1260
CE
-
Circa
1350
CE
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black, turquoise)
glaze
( white, transparent)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( white, transparent, covers the surface to the foot ring, with a thin covering on the underside)
Base
Diameter 10.2 cm
Rim
Diameter 27 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue, turquoise and black under a transparent white glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with black printed border and corners cut away
- Text: ‘No.’ (printed in black), ‘1215’ (hand written in black)
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Printed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.34-1931
Primary reference Number: 74606
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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
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