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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware painted in black, blue and turquoise under a clear glaze
Pinky buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black with blue and turquoise highlights under a clear, lightly crazed glaze
Shape: flat everted rim on a bi-conical bowl with a low foot ring
Interior: a radiating design comprises an eight pointed star in blue and black separating black cone shaped cartouches which close in arcading on the rim. The cartouches contain, alternately, black cursive script on a hatched ground, or black dots and lines flanked by borders of turquoise or blue. In the spandrels around the arches on the rim, black scrolling vegetation is coloured with blue or turquoise. Three trivet marks in the base indicate use of tripod stacking devices during firing.
Exterior: the rim is painted black. On the body vertical lines radiate between concentric bands, all in black. Glaze covers the surface unevenly, running over the carination onto the lower body, with a spot on the underside of 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: 7 cm
Weight: 826 g
Width: 27.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1399
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue, turquoise)
glaze
( clear, crazed)
Exterior
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( covers the surface unevenly, running over the carination onto the lower body. A spot is present on the underside of the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 27.3 cm
Base
Diameter 8.3 cm
Throwing : Pinky buff fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black with blue and turquoise highlights undera clear, lightly crazed glaze
Inscription present: wedge shaped panels with Arabic inscription against a hatched ground or line and dots
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.543-1991
Primary reference Number: 75478
Packing number: ISCER 541
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75478 Accessed: 2025-05-09 02:50:04
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