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Earthenware coated in a white slip, incised and splashed with three colours under a clear or green glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated with a white slip, incised and splashed with green, brown and yellow under a crazed clear or green glaze.
Shape: a conical bowl with everted rim on a low foot ring
Interior: over a white slip the upper body is incised with scrolling lines, while the surface is splashed with green, brown and yellow glaze which run from the rim towards the base. A clear glaze covers the surface except for two spur marks, which may indicate the use of a tripod stacking device during firing.
Exterior: the glaze is coloured olive green with streaks of brown and green, runs unevenly over the lower body and onto the foot ring.
History note: Excavated at Zanjan
Given by Oscar Raphael
Height: 10.4 cm
Weight: 1191 g
Width: 32.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1905-04-06) by Raphael, Oscar C.
10th Century
Circa
900
CE
-
Circa
999
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear)
pigment
( splashed brown, green and yellow)
slip
( white)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( green with brown streaks)
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( white)
Base
Diameter 12 cm
Rim
Diameter 32.2 cm
Interior Upper Body
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated with a white slip, incised and splashed with green, brown and yellow under a crazed clear or green glaze
Accession number: C.5-1923
Primary reference Number: 75376
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/75376 Accessed: 2024-12-27 01:22:43
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-27 01:22:43|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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