Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Fritware, coated in grey slip painted in white slip and black under a clear glaze
Buff fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip with decoration painted in yellowish slip and outlined in black under a clear glaze.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with plain rim sitting on a low, wide foot ring.
Interior: rim is painted black, while the remainder of decoration is painted in yellowish slip, outlined or detailed in black, against a background of black dashes. On the body, a frieze of flying phoenix and birds is painted against a background of leaves, all enclosed within two concentric white bands. These animals are separated by a pear shaped cartouche containing further leaves. On the base a prancing stag, with a dotted coat, is painted against leaves and lotus flowers.
Exterior: black decoration on the rim continues on the exterior, above a band of yellowish slip. On the body, radiating from a black concentric line on the lower body, a lotus petal design is painted in yellowish slip, outlined in black with a central black dotted line. Glaze runs unevenly over the lower body, at times reaching the foot ring. The underside of the foot ring has spots of glaze.
Notes
History note: Frank Brangwyn RA, from whom purchased
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 9 cm
Weight: 552 g
Width: 20.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1935)
by
Brangwyn, Frank
Dating
13th Century, Late-14th Century
Circa
1275
-
Circa
1399
School or Style
Il-Khanid
Components of the work
Interior
composed of
pigment
( black, blue)
glaze
( clear)
slip
( grey, coats vessel)
slip
( painted to form decoration)
Exterior Body
composed of
slip
( grey, coats vessel)
slip
( yellowish, painted to form decoration)
Rim
Diameter 20.1 cm
Base
Diameter 8.3 cm
Materials used in production
Fritware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Buff fritware, wheel thrown, coated in a grey slip with decoration outlined in black and embellished with yellowish slip under a clear glaze
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: rectangular paper label with serrated edge around top and right hand edge
- Text: 'Lent By' (printed); 'Brangwyn' (typed), '16' hand written
- Location: Exterior base (underside foot ring)
- Method of creation: Printed, typed, hand written
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.90-1935
Primary reference Number: 76331
Old accession number: 4-1935
Old object number: G.ADD 59
Old number: BP.16
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
