Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Fritware painted in blue and black under a transparent glaze
Fritware, probably moulded, painted in blue with black outlining, under a transparent glaze
Shape: bulbous pear shaped body with hole for a pipe. No neck but instead a flat rim descending into a recess with a central hole, sits on a flat base.
Exterior: rim is decorated with tendrils, leaves and circle quadrants, all delineated within concentric lines on the inner surface. The exterior edge of the lip is not glazed. The central frieze on the body is framed by double lappets above and below by wave scrolls. A landscape of rocks, trees and waterfalls on that central frieze is populated by a horned, spotted cow and a figure, holding a staff, whose robes swirl around his lower body,. The glaze extends over the entire body but not onto the underside of the base.
Interior: glazed around the rim but not on the body
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: 16.5 cm
Weight: 716 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
1650
-
1750
School or Style
Safavid (1501-1738)
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( transparent, extends over the entire body but not onto the underside of the base)
Interior Rim
composed of
glaze
( transparent)
Rim
Diameter 9.3 cm
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Fritware, probably moulded, painted in blue with black outlining, under a transparent glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular paper label
- Text: 49/11
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in black ink
- Type: Label
Inscription present: inscribed directly onto the glaze, partially worn away
- Text: 2642
- Location: Lower body
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.49-1911
Primary reference Number: 75279
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
