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Bowl: C.50-1935

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Description

Red brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised under a green glaze.
Shape: carinated, bi-conical bowl with a square rim and sitting on a disc base.
Interior: covered with a white slip incised with roughly drawn scrolls on the neck and, radiating from the base, four stylised trees on the body.
Exterior: on the neck a frieze of curving vertical lines is incised through a white slip. The slip and glaze run unevenly over the carination to a point on the upper body.

Notes

History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 8 cm
Weight: 520 g
Width: 18.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Bilad al-Sham ⪼ Iran

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank

Dating

13th Century, Late-15th Century
Circa 1250 - Circa 1499

Note

Possibly

School or Style

Mamluk

Components of the work

Exterior Upper Body composed of glaze ( green) slip ( white)
Interior composed of glaze ( green) slip ( white)
Rim Diameter 17.9 cm
Base Diameter 6.4 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Red brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised under a green glaze

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge

  • Text: Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '159' hand written in black, '7' (hand written in pencil)
  • Location: Exterior base
  • Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: a rectangular paper label underlying other labels

  • Text: blue printed lines and border, '6' (hand written in pencil)
  • Location: Exterior base
  • Method of creation: Printed, hand written
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: hand written in black directly onto the vessel surface

  • Text: ‘159’
  • Location: Lower body exterior
  • Method of creation: Hand written
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.50-1935
Primary reference Number: 75321
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: 159
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 2 May 2018 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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