Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Earthenware, coated in a white slip, painted in black and turquoise under a clear, crazed glaze
Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in black and turquoise under a clear, crazed glaze.
Shape: plain rim on a cono-segmental bowl and a low foot ring
Interior: rim is painted black. On the body, a frieze of oval cartouche with scalloped edge, framed above by abstract birds, both outlined in black against a turquoise background. The cartouche contain scalloped black ‘S’ shapes and turquoise tongue shaped leaves outlined in black. On the base, a five pointed star with dashes between and adorning the arms, is contained within a roundel with contoured edge painted turquoise. Three scars on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: black paint on the rim continues on the exterior, while on the upper body, a frieze of scrolls is contained within two concentric lines. Glaze covers this frieze but ends on the upper body, the white slip cover the exterior including the underside of the foot ring. Two scar marks on the rim and upper body probably result from contact with other vessels in the kiln.
Notes
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
Legal notes
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 10.2 cm
Weight: 798 g
Width: 22 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1991)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
15th Century
Circa
1400
CE
-
1499
CE
Note
Provincial ware
School or Style
Timurid
Components of the work
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( clear, crazed, covers this frieze but ends on the upper body)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, crazed)
pigment
( turquoise, black)
slip
( white)
Exterior
composed of
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 22 cm
Base
Diameter 7.6 cm
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip and painted in black and turquoise under a clear, crazed glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular paper label with serrated edge
- Text: 455/b
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.561-1991
Primary reference Number: 75527
Packing number: ISCER 545
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
