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Potter: Unknown
Fritware, painted in blue and black under a clear glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim and a low, wide foot ring
Interior: rim is painted black, while on the remainder of the body three decorative friezes are contained with black concentric lines. On the neck a frieze of roughly drawn black cartouche containing black lines and dots are separated by pairs of blue vertical lines. On the body, blue pointed archways, with black triangular fillers, contain vertical panels of Arabic lettering (possibly pseudo-calligraphic) or blue scrolling lines and black dotted irregular shapes. On the base a blue rosette is surrounded by black wavey lines and contains black dotted irregular shapes.
Exterior: the rim is painted black, while on the neck a frieze of blue and black ‘V’ shapes with alternating orientation, are contained within a black concentric lines. Radiating from the lower body, alternating pairs of blue or black lines rise to meet a black concentric line. Glaze covers the lower body and runs unevenly onto the foot
History note: Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d. 1950); Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead
H. S. Reitlinger Bequest 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Height: 8.7 cm
Weight: 435 g
Width: 21.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
1399
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear, covers the lower body and runs unevenly onto the foot ring)
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( clear)
Rim
Diameter 21.8 cm
Base
Diameter 8.3 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a clear, slightly crazed glaze
Accession number: C.577-1991
Primary reference Number: 75564
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75564 Accessed: 2024-11-05 19:54:50
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