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Sherd: C.4.12-1919

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Earthenware fragment, incised through a cream slip under a thin yellow glaze

Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragment with a red body tone, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze
Shape: base and part of flaring foot ring
Interior: yellow glaze over a cream slip, on the base two fish with incised straight mouths and eyes, gills, fins, pointed forked tails and hatched furry-looking outlines swim around each other, their bodies enhanced with an extra layer of slip creating a relief effect and a paler tone under the glaze
Exterior: yellow glaze coating applied over a cream slip on the body, without slip in the foot ring, undecorated

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.6 cm
Weight: 180 g
Width: 9.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Egypt ⪼ egypt

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1919) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa 1250 CE - Circa 1399 CE

School or Style

Mamluk

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of slip ( cream) glaze ( yellow)
Interior composed of slip ( cream) glaze ( yellow)
Foot Ring Diameter 5.4 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Wheel-thrown earthenware bowl fragment with a red body tone, incised through a cream slip under a yellow glaze

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.12-1919
Primary reference Number: 74799
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 July 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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