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
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear crazed glaze.
Shape: carinated bowl with a plain rim sitting on a narrow, moderately high foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted black and a black concentric line is painted at the carination between neck and body. On the base, within a black pin wheel roundel, two leafy plants, outlined in black and with blue or turquoise leaves surrounded by lines of black dots, frame a lanceolate leaf. The leaf is also outlined in black and contains a sinuous core outlined in black against a blue painted background.
Exterior: rim is painted black and concentric black lines are painted on the carination and lower body. Glaze continues to lower body at a point above 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: 10.5 cm
Weight: 549 g
Width: 20 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
1399
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, turquoise)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed and continues to lower body at a point above the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 18.6 cm
Base
Diameter 6.6 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear crazed glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: off-white rectangular paper label
- Text: No. 572
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Label
- Location: Exterior lower body
- Method of creation: Stamped and hand written in black
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.464-1991
Primary reference Number: 75194
Packing number: ISCER 546
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
