IDENTIFIERS
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id:	75152
accession number:	C.45-1935

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 30 November 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: brown earthenware, wheel thrown, interior is coated in a carved white slip covered with a clear glaze coloured green on the exterior.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sits on a disc base, cut away on the underside.
Interior: covering the entire body a cream slip is carved to form a sphinx surrounded by palmettes and scrolling vegetation. The sphinx is decorated with jewelled bands on the neck and legs and with a medallion containing scrolling vegetation on the rear. All covered with a clear glaze with splashes of brown and green.
Exterior: a clear glaze coloured with green runs unevenly from the rim onto the upper body.
object type: earthenware coated in white slip carved and covered with a clear or coloured glaze
title:	bowl

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Frank Brangwyn Collection
creditline: Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75152


SUBJECTS
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sphinx
sphinx



TECHNIQUES
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brown earthenware, wheel thrown, interior is coated in a carved white slip covered with a clear glaze coloured green on the exterior
throwing

CATEGORIES
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category: glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1100 - 1299
creation date earliest:	1100
creation date latest:	1299
culture:	12th Century-13th Century
culture:	19th Century-20th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7.3

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 407

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 17.3



CITATIONS
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Some Persian and other Near-Eastern Pottery in the Collection of Mr Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
Early Islamic Pottery
Sphinxes and Harpies in Medieval Islamic Art: An Iconographical Study
Islamic Pottery, A comprehensive study based on the Barlow Collection
La Céramique Islamique
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
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