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Jar: C.56-1935

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Current Location: Gallery 33

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Potter: Unknown

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Description

Earthenware with applied and excised decoration under a turquoise glaze

Buff earthenware, largely wheel thrown with applied and excised decoration covered in a pitted turquoise alkaline glaze
Shape: inverted pear shape body with a narrowing neck and triangular rim, eight loop handles are attached to the neck and upper body, sits on a disc base.
Exterior: below the rim a band of excised horizontal lozenges. On the body, applied decoration incorporates an ‘S’ shaped cable pattern and impressed discs above and below the cable. Glaze covers the surface to the edge of the base.
Interior: glaze covers the surface.

Notes

History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 48 cm
Weight: 8175 g
Width: 35.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

8th Century-10th Century
Circa 700 CE - Circa 999 CE

School or Style

Abbasid

Components of the work

Base Diameter 13 cm
Rim Diameter 16.5 cm
Body
Handles
Neck

Materials used in production

turquoise, pitted, alkali Glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge

  • Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '130' hand written in black; '123' hand written in pencil
  • Location: Exterior base
  • Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.56-1935
Primary reference Number: 75006
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: 130

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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