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Fragment: C.4.34-1964

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Pottery: Unknown (Probably)

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Description

Pale buff fritware, glazed and painted in copper-lustre, which is darker on the back than on the front. Five-sided fragment of the rim and side of a hollow vessel, perhaps a bowl. The inside has a border of script. The exterior has a border of scrolling foliage with a line above round the edge of the rim.

Notes

History note: Henry Wallis (1830-1916); his son, Harold Wallis by whom given to Bernard Rackham (1876-1964)

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Bernard Rackham

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1964-03-12) by Rackham, Bernard

Dating

13th Century
Circa 1200 CE - 1300 CE

School or Style

Islamic

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lustre ( dark copper)
Surface composed of glaze
Rim Width 5 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4.34-1964
Primary reference Number: 74849

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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