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Bowl: C.45-1911

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Fritware, moulded, painted in black and blue under a transparent glaze

Fritware, moulded, painted in blue with black outlining under a colourless glaze.
Shape: boat-shaped body terminating in lug handles, with slightly out-turned rim, sits on a low, ovular foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted blue. On the base lobbed cartouche, containing a leaf reserved in blue, are arranged in a quarter-foil pattern connected by a series of lines to form a rectangle.
Exterior: duck heads are painted on the lug handles while below the rim a frieze of dots is contained within concentric lines. On the body, painted in reserve on a blue background, flowers and leaves are painted on the sides with a cross-hatch pattern on the terminals. A pair of concentric lines is painted on the foot ring. The foot ring is glazed with the exception of the rim.

Notes

History note: From the Joseph Dixon Collection, sold at Christie’s, 16th-17th March, 1911, lot 132

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 8 cm
Weight: 159 g
Width: 14.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1911-03-20) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

17th Century, Late-18th Century, Early
Circa 1690 - Circa 1738

School or Style

Safavid (1501-1738)

Components of the work

Rim Diameter 10.2 cm
Base Diameter 7.5 cm

Materials used in production

black, blue Pigment
transparent, all but the rim of the foot ring covered Glaze
Fritware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Fritware, moulded, painted in blue with black outlining under a transparent glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular paper label

  • Text: 45/11
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: circular paper label

  • Text: 132/8 (hand written in black, plus printed border
  • Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black, printed
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: rectangular card label

  • Text: Boat-shaped dish of Persian pottery. Given by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam, 1911
  • Location: Loose
  • Method of creation: Hand written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.45-1911
Primary reference Number: 75147

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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