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Earthenware, wheel thrown and painted in blue under a colourless glaze
Earthenware, wheel thrown and painted in blue under a colourless glaze
Shape: carinated bowl with an everted flange rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: The rim is painted with dashed lines and on the neck a frieze of scrolling leaves. On the body, sprouting from a grassy knoll, a central cypress tree sprouts is surrounding by scrolling vegetation bearing pointed leaves.
Exterior: on the neck, scrolls are contained within concentric lines.
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitliner, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
15th Century#
Circa
1400
CE
-
Circa
1500
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
pigment
( probably cobalt)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
pigment
( probably coblat)
Inscription present: pink rectangular label with serrated edge
Inscription present: Oval paper label, torn away around the edges, printed with a blue border and lines and hand written with '405'
Inscription present: White paper label with serrated edge, hand written in pencil with '315a'
Accession number: C.576-1991
Primary reference Number: 75562
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/75562 Accessed: 2024-12-18 15:12:05
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University of Cambridge}}
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