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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white slip carved and covered in a clear or green glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip carved and covered with a clear or green glaze
Shape: conical bowl with a disc base and slightly in-turned rim
Interior: green glaze from the exterior runs onto the surface unevenly. Below the rim a carved frieze of floriated kufic script.
Exterior: cream slip and green tinted glaze cover the upper body unevenly.
History note: Excavated at Zanjan
Given by Oscar Raphel
Height: 5.2 cm
Weight: 178 g
Width: 13 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1905-04-06) by Raphael, Oscar C.
12th Century-13th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1299
Interior
composed of
glaze
( clear, with green pigment running from the exterior surface)
slip
( white)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( coloured with green pigment)
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 12.7 cm
Base
Diameter 5.2 cm
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip carved and covered with a clear or green glaze
Accession number: C.7-1923
Primary reference Number: 75897
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/75897 Accessed: 2024-11-06 00:12:01
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