Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, moulded, painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: polygonal cup standing on a splayed stem foot
Interior: the rim is painted black above ten wedge shaped panels, containing alternating tri-partite designs, which radiate from a central blue dot containing a rosette. One set of panels contain Arabic script painted in black on the upper section (where it is floriated and kufic) and lower section (cursive), are separated by a narrow blue band. The other panels contain blue and black cross-hatching in the upper section and blue dots with black lines on the lower section, separated by a narrow band containing turquoise leaves reserved in blue. Glaze runs over stem and onto base, with a spot of glaze on the underside.
Exterior: a panel design, containing black or blue dots and black vertical lines, radiates from a pair of concentric black lines on the lower body. The glaze runs over the foot ring, where a series of green dots are painted. A small spot of glaze is present on the interior 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: 9.4 cm
Weight: 257 g
Width: 13.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
14th Century
Circa
1300
CE
-
1399
CE
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, turquoise)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear, crazed runs over stem and unevenly on base, with a dot on the underside of the base)
Rim
Diameter 13.7 cm
Base
Diameter 5.6 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff fritware, moulded, painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.450-1991
Primary reference Number: 75140
Packing number: ISCER 537
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
