Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with a gentle carination in the neck leading onto a bead rim. Sits on a low, wide foot ring base.
Interior: the rim is painted black. On the neck tear drop shaped cartouche contain dotted ovals filled with fish eye patterns, painted on a background of zigzag lines. On the base a scalloped line encloses a rosette with further zigzag lines on the petals and in the background. Glaze pools in the base obscuring the decoration.
Exterior: a frieze of roughly drawn arabesques and cartouche with a central line on a scrolling background dominate the body. On the lower body a narrow band of stylised fishes are painted within concentric two black lines. Glaze pools slightly on the lower body and base, a thin covering is present on the underside of the foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 11 cm
Weight: 1157 g
Width: 27.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1260
-
Circa
1399
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black)
glaze
( turquoise, transparent)
Exterior Body
composed of
pigment
( black)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, pools slightly on the lower body and base, a thin covering is present on the underside of the foot ring)
Base
Diameter 12 cm
Rim
Diameter 27.4 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, painted in black under a transparent turquoise glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: “Lent by” (printed in black), “Brangwyn” (typed), "124" (hand written in black), "33" (hand written in pencil, crossed through on the right hand side), "25" (hand written in pencil, encircled on right hand side)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto object surface
- Text: ‘124’ and ‘1161’
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.76-1935
Primary reference Number: 76013
Old number: BP.124
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
