IDENTIFIERS
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id:	75162
accession number:	C.454-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 4 July 2018

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: buff fritware, body is wheel thrown with neck and rim moulded, painted both painted in black and blue under a clear crazed glaze.
Shape: mouth is moulded into the form of a cock’s head with strap handle, symbolising tail feathers, attached at the back and on the upper body. Body is a bulbous pear shape sitting on a low foot ring.
Exterior: rim and neck are painted in blue and black imitating a cock’s head including head feathers, mouth and eyes. On the body three smaller friezes, comprising blue or black vertical lines or black dots, frame a central frieze of vertical panels. The panels contain, alternately, either a black cable pattern with a hatched background, or a black palmettes and dotted semi-ovals, painted against a blue background. Glaze ends uniformly on lower body just above foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted black and there is a splash of black colouring in the mouth. The mouth and neck are glazed.
object type: frtiware painted blue and black under a clear glaze
title:	ewer

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead


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:	Henry Scipio Reitlinger
creditline: H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75162


SUBJECTS
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cock's head
cock's head



CATEGORIES
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category: fritware (stonepaste)

DATING
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creation date:	1200 - 1399
creation date earliest:	1200
creation date latest:	1399
culture:	13th Century-14th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 28.8

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 897

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 15.4



CITATIONS
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Islamic Works of Art, Carpets and Textiles
Early Islamic Pottery
Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection
La Céramique Islamique
Iranian Stone-Paste Pottery of the Saljuq Period. Types and Distribution
Ceramics from Islamic Lands
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