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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware painted inside and out in black under an incomplete pale turquoise-green glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a plain rim and a low foot ring.
Interior: the glaze is mottled in colour where it pools more thickly in the bottom of the bowl. Two painted black concentric lines adorn the upper and lower body; within the latter in the centre of the bowl is painted a stylised floral garland with three petals. Three large scar marks in the bottom of the bowl arranged around this pattern indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln, broken away after firing causing breakage of the glaze and exposing the underlying body.
Exterior: on the neck is painted a frieze of dots is contained within two narrow lines. On the body, also contained within concentric lines, three lines of scrolling vegetation are separated by lobed archways. The glaze runs unevenly over the lower body, forming thick dribbles, leaving part of the painted decoration and most of the footring uncovered. A central patch of glaze is present 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: 11.7 cm
Weight: 861 g
Width: 23.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
14th Century, Late-15th Century#
Circa
1375
CE
-
1499
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( pale turquoise-green)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( pale turquoise-green)
Rim
Diameter 23.5 cm
Base
Diameter 8.1 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown. Painted inside and out in black under an incomplete pale turquoise-green glaze.
Accession number: C.560-1991
Primary reference Number: 75524
Packing number: ISCER 101
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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