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Bowl fragment: C.439-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Fritware with white and blue glaze, painted in lustre

Pale buff fritware fragment, probably wheel thrown, with white and blue slightly crazed glazes painted in yellow-brown lustre.
Shape: two joining roughly semi-circular fragments form base of dish or bowl sitting on a low foot ring.
Interior: seated figure painted in reserve against a lustred background decorated with scrolling vines and contained within a concentric circle. The figure wears a hat and robe the latter decorated with groups of three dots. A small dot of blue is splashed on the figure’s head.
Exterior: coated with a blue glaze which runs unevenly over the lower body towards the 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: 2.8 cm
Weight: 254 g
Width: 16.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

12th Century, Late
Circa 1179 CE - 1198 CE

School or Style

Seljuk
Monumental style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Exterior Body composed of glaze ( blue, crazed)
Interior composed of oxide colours ( lustre) glaze ( white, crazed)
Base Diameter 13 cm

Materials used in production

Fritware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Pale buff fritware fragment, probably wheel thrown, with white and blue slightly crazed glazes painted in yellow-brown lustre

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.439-1991
Primary reference Number: 75095
Packing number: ISCER 633

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 June 2012

Associated departments & institutions

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

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