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Potter: Unknown
Fritware painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with slightly everted rim, sits on a flaring foot ring base
Interior: on the rim a kufesque band is painted in black with the upper section reserved in blue. In the roundel a bird, possibly a peacock, is reserved in black amidst scrolling vines and palmettes.
Exterior: on the body diagonal ‘S’ shapes are painted in blue. Glaze covers the lower body and forms droplets above the foot ring.
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 6 cm
Weight: 170 g
Width: 12.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1935) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century, Late-13th Century, Early#
Circa
1150
CE
-
Circa
1220
CE
Interior
composed of
pigment
( blue, black)
glaze
( colourless)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( blue)
glaze
( colourless, covers the lower body and forms droplets above the foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 12.4 cm
Base
Diameter 4.9 cm
Throwing : Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in blue and black under a colourless glaze
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
Accession number: C.69-1935
Primary reference Number: 75839
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.151
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/75839 Accessed: 2024-12-22 10:45:54
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75839
|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 10:45:54|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-75839
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
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<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa14/C_69_1935_281_29.jpg"
alt="Bowl"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Bowl</figcaption>
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