Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware coated in a colourless glaze painted with lustre
Fritware, covered in a colourless glaze painted with brown lustre
Shape: conical bowl with a plain rim, sits on a low foot ring
Interior: the rim is painted with a lustre band, on the neck a pseudo-calligraphic band. On the body a frieze of scrolls and paired vertical lines is enclosed by a series of horizontal concentric bands. Glaze does not cover the base.
Exterior: lustre paint continues on the rim. The glaze runs over the surface, forming droplets on the lower body.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 315 g
Width: 18.2 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1905-04-18)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, first half
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1250
CE
School or Style
Ayyubid
Components of the work
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless, crazed, runs over the surface, forming droplets on the lower body)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless, crazed)
oxide colours
( lustre)
Exterior Rim
composed of
oxide colours
( lustre)
Rim
Diameter 18.2 cm
Base
Diameter 6.7 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, covered in a colourless glaze painted with brown lustre
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: “Lent by” (printed), “Brangwyn” (typed), "113" (hand written in black), "67" (hand written in pencil)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: inscribed directly on the vessel surface
- Text: 3
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.63-1935
Primary reference Number: 75707
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.113
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
