Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Description
Fritware coated in a black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Shape: hemispherical bowl with collared rim, sits on a foot ring
Interior: a frieze of palmette leaves on the body radiate from four part rosette on the base. Cross-hatching forms a background for the rosette and fills spandrels around the rim.
Exterior: undecorated except for glaze which pools on the lower body or foot ring.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 9.3 cm
Weight: 459 g
Width: 20.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
12th Century
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1199
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
slip
( carved, black)
glaze
( turquoise, transparent)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
( turquoise, transparent, pools on the lower body or foot ring)
Rim
Diameter 20.5 cm
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Fritware, wheel thrown, coated in black slip, carved under a turquoise glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: pink paper label with serrated edges
- Text: Arabic script
- Location: Exterior body
- Method of creation: Printed in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around bottom and right hand edge
- Text: “Lent by” (printed), “Brangwyn” (typed), "92" (hand written in black), "34" (hand written in pencil, crossed through)
- Location: Exterior base (underside of foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
Inscription present: written directly onto object surface
- Text: 238
- 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.81-1935
Primary reference Number: 76139
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.92
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
