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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black and dark blue under a turquoise glaze.
Shape: T-shaped flat rim above a straight neck descending via a gentle carination onto a conical body and a low foot ring.
Interior: the rim is painted dark blue. The body is painted with black scrolling foliage with curving tendrils and small leaves; this pattern is enclosed by a thin and thick concentric band on the neck.
Exterior: similar black scrolling foliage is painted on the body, again enclosed within concentric bands. Glaze runs over lower body and onto the foot ring.
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 10 cm
Weight: 544 g
Width: 20.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century-14th Century
Circa
1200
-
1399
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed, runs over lower body and onto the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed)
Rim
Diameter 20.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8.7 cm
Throwing : Buff fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Inscription present: oval paper label with gold edging
Accession number: C.468-1991
Primary reference Number: 75202
Packing number: ISCER 549
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75202 Accessed: 2024-12-31 09:13:21
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-31 09:13:21|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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