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Red-brown earthenware, slipped and incised with splashes of colour, covered with a clear glaze.
Red-brown earthenware, wheel-thrown, coated with a cream slip, incised and splashed with green colouring then covered with a clear glaze.
Shape: Segmented bowl with plain rim, gently curving sides and a disc base.
Interior: Coated with a cream slip with incised decoration in three bands enclosed by concentric lines around upper body. Upper and lower bands are identical and contain a repeating leaf pattern. The central band is wider and contains scrolling foliage against a hatched ground. Three spur marks, indicating the use of a tripod stacking mechanism during firing, are visible in the central roundel.
Exterior: Thin coating of white slip roughly covers most of vessel body and exterior base with splashes of clear glaze at irregular intervals. Rim shows traces of green colouring under a clear glaze which occasionally runs over to the vessel interior.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 9.3 cm
Weight: 614 g
Width: 23.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
11th-12th Century
Circa
1000
-
1199
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Decoration
composed of
slip
( cream)
pigment
( green)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( irregular, clear)
Rim
Diameter 23 cm
Base
Diameter 9.2 cm
Upper Interior
Throwing : Red-brown earthenware, wheel thrown, with an incised cream slip and splashed with green colouring; covered with a clear glaze.
Inscription present: circular paper label
Accession number: C.419-1991
Primary reference Number: 74997
Packing number: ISCER 589
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74997 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:17:13
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