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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise, crazed glaze.
Shape: segmental bowl with a flat rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: all decoration is painted in black, with a band on the rim and, on the inner edge of the lip, a black frieze of lozenge shapes contained within concentric lines. On the body, two floriated alif-lām patterns are painted on opposing sides of the bowl, joining on the base in a complex inter-lace design. Contoured fillers containing dots, dashes and lines are painted in the, otherwise empty, areas between and within the body’s design.
Exterior: black band continues on the rim and a black concentric line is painted on the upper body. Turquoise glaze runs over the surface of the lower body where it appears to overlie a clear glaze that covers the lower body and foot ring (including the underside).
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 7.5 cm
Weight: 741 g
Width: 26.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Early
Circa
1200
CE
-
1220
CE
Raqqa ware
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, crazed)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( runs over the surface of the lower body where it appears to overlie a clear glaze that covers the lower body and foot ring (including the underside))
Rim
Diameter 26.5 cm
Base
Diameter 9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise, crazed glaze
Inscription present: two floriated alif-lām patterns are painted on opposing sides of the bowl
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Inscription present: rectangular paper label now almost worn away
Accession number: C.521-1991
Primary reference Number: 75406
Packing number: ISCER 661
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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