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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted black under a turquoise glaze
Pinky buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed turquoise glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl with flat base and upper section sloping inward toward a plain rim
Exterior: on the upper body, a pattern of scrolling vines is painted in black and covered with a turquoise glaze which runs unevenly over the surface. On the lower body a black concentric line is painted but partially obscured by thick glaze.
Interior: The turquoise glaze continues over the interior
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 6 cm
Weight: 140 g
Width: 8.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
1299
CE
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise)
Rim
Diameter 3.3 cm
Base
Diameter 5.3 cm
Throwing : Pinky buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a crazed turquoise glaze
Accession number: C.422-1991
Primary reference Number: 75041
Packing number: ISCER 977
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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