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Earthenware coated in a carved cream or green coloured slip under a colourless glaze
Buff earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated with cream slip carved on the interior and reserved in brown, coloured with green on the exterior, all covered with a colourless glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim sits on a disc base
Interior: covered with a cream slip incised on the upper body to form a cable frieze and a band of medallions, both reserved in brown. Covered in a colourless glaze. Three small scar marks on the base indicates the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: the upper body is coated in a cream slip coloured with green and covered with a colourless glaze.
History note: Excavated at Zendjan (Zanjan)
Given by Oscar Raphael, F.S.A.
Height: 7.1 cm
Weight: 356 g
Width: 16 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1923) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1299
Interior
composed of
pigment
( brown used to reserved carving)
glaze
( clear)
slip
( cream)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( clear)
slip
( coloured green)
Rim
Diameter 16 cm
Base
Diameter 5.9 cm
Throwing : Buff earthenware, probably wheel thrown, coated with cream slip carved under a coloured or clear glaze
Accession number: C.6-1923
Primary reference Number: 75659
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/75659 Accessed: 2025-05-03 23:18:30
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