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Pottery: Unknown
Buff earthenware, thrown, the exterior glazed turquoise green, and painted in golden-yellow lustre; the interior coated with translucentgreenish glaze. From the side of a hollow vessel. The exterior is decorated with two wide horizontal bands with curving stems and a whirl above (or below).
History note: Probably found at Fostat (Old Cairo), Egypt; Henry Wallis (1830-1916); his son Harold Wallis, by whom given to Bernard Rackham (1876-1964)
Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham
Length: 8.4 cm
Width: 6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard
12th Century
Circa
1100
CE
-
1200
CE
Front
composed of
glaze
( opaque green)
Decoration
composed of
lustre
( reduced-pigment lustre golden-yellow)
Back
composed of
glaze
( translucent greyish-green)
dark buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.4.25-1964
Primary reference Number: 74829
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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