Current Location: Gallery 33
Maker(s)
Potter:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: Found in a hoard also containing silver ware and textiles near Reyy in 1925
Legal notes
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 8 cm
Weight: 397 g
Width: 18.1 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1946)
by
Raphael, Oscar C.
Dating
11th-12th Century
Circa
1000
-
Circa
1199
Note
Found near Rayy in a hoard
School or Style
Seljuk
Components of the work
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
Materials used in production
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Throwing
: Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, incised through a cream slip, coloured green on the rim and covered with a clear glaze.
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: two circular paper labels adhered to the exterior base one blank and the other hand written in black
- Text: '36'
- Location: Exterior base
- Method of creation: Hand written in black
- Type: Label
Inscription present: inscription directly onto the vessel surface
- Text: ‘6.185’ (further numbers illlegible)
- Location: Lower body exterior and base
- Method of creation: Hand written in pencil
- Type: Inscription
References and bibliographic entries
Related exhibitions
Identification numbers
Accession number: OC.148-1946
Primary reference Number: 77577
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
