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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware incised through a cream slip, painted in green under a clear glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, incised through a cream slip, coloured green on the rim and covered with a clear glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly convex body, plain rim and disc base
Interior: the rim is coloured with a green pigment. The body is coated in a white slip incised with interlocking circles containing arabesques on a hatched ground. Enclosed by these circles, on the base, a stylised lion and knotted cross are also incised through cream slip on a hatched ground. The slip covered with a thin, colourless glaze. Three scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device during kiln firing.
Exterior: the green pigment on the rim continues onto the exterior. A cream slip covered in a colourless glaze coats the surface from just below the rim to the lower body.
History note: Found in a hoard also containing silver ware and textiles near Reyy in 1925
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 397 g
Width: 18.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
11th-12th Century
Circa
1000
-
Circa
1199
Found near Rayy in a hoard
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
Rim
composed of
pigment
( green)
Diameter 18.1 cm
Base
Diameter 8.1 cm
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, incised through a cream slip, coloured green on the rim and covered with a clear glaze.
Inscription present: two circular paper labels adhered to the exterior base one blank and the other hand written in black
Inscription present: inscription directly onto the vessel surface
Accession number: OC.148-1946
Primary reference Number: 77577
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/77577 Accessed: 2024-11-05 12:42:47
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University of Cambridge}}
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