Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black and blue under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted with black and blue, the latter frequently running under a clear crazed glaze
Shape: conical dish with flat everted rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a black band above a frieze, on the lip. The frieze is divided into repeating panels, separated by vertical black lines. Each panel contains a central lobbed medallion and a palmette decorated with jewel-like motifs; flanking the medallions scrolling black vegetation is highlighted in blue. The body is decorated with palmettes draw in black and highlighted in blue, alternating between lobbed and abstract examples, the latter adorned with triangular leaves and lozenges containing jewel like motifs. On the base, a central lobbed medallion contains four palmette leaves outlined in black against a blue background that includes smaller scrolling leaves.
Exterior: a black band is painted on the rim and lower body, containing a frieze of scrolling vegetation ending in leaves highlighted in blue. The glaze has pooled at the join between the body and foot ring.
Notes
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
Legal notes
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 7 cm
Weight: 990 g
Width: 32 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
-
1220
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glazing (coating)
( clear, crazed, pooled at the join between the body and foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Base
Diameter 32 cm
Rim
Diameter 32 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted with black and blue, the latter frequently running under a clear crazed glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.424-1991
Primary reference Number: 75046
Packing number: ISCER 640
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
