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Potter: Unknown
Fritware with white glaze and lustre decoration
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, with an opaque white crazed glaze painted in yellow-brown lustre.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly convex body and a plain rim, sits on a low foot ring.
Interior: a central design dominates the interior, comprising a seated figure wearing a hat and dressed in a spotted robe, holding an object, possibly a flower, in his left hand. The figure is surrounded by scrolling vines; a white concentric line under the rim delineates the design. All decoration is painted in reverse against a lustred background.
Exterior: a band of lustre covers the rim; the glaze covers three quarters of the upper body, running down the lower body at one point.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 5.3 cm
Weight: 136 g
Width: 11.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
19th Century-20th Century
Circa
1850
CE
-
Circa
1950
CE
Interior
composed of
oxide colour
( lustre)
glaze
( opaque white, crazed)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( opaque white, crazed)
Exterior Rim
composed of
oxide colour
( painting)
Rim
Diameter 11.9 cm
Base
Diameter 5 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware bowl with clear crazed glaze and painting in reserve in yellow-brown lustre
Accession number: C.437-1991
Primary reference Number: 75091
Packing number: ISCER 619
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75091 Accessed: 2025-05-19 08:22:37
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-05-19 08:22:37|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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