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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware coated in a white slip, carved and covered with a colourless or green glaze
Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip carved under a colourless or green glaze.
Shape: conical bowl with slightly in-turned rim, sits on a disc base.
Interior: coated in a white slip which, on the rim and upper body, is splashed with green from the exterior. Finely carved into the slip on the body, a frieze of birds is surrounded by scrolling plamettes. Concentric bands of small medallions are carved above and below the bird frieze. Glaze pools and is cracked in the base; three scar marks indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: coated in a white slip and covered with a green glaze. A large scar on the upper body indicates contact with other vessels in the kiln
History note: Zenjan. Bought from Garabed, 1923
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 6.4 cm
Weight: 316 g
Width: 17.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
13th Century, Early
Production date:
circa
AD 1200
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless, pooled and cracked in the base)
slip
( white)
Exterior Body
composed of
glaze
( green)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
slip
( white)
Rim
Diameter 17.6 cm
Base
Diameter 6.4 cm
Throwing : Brown earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip carved under a colourless or green glaze
Inscription present: circular paper label
Accession number: OC.149-1946
Primary reference Number: 77578
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/77578 Accessed: 2024-12-22 15:38:55
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Bowl
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 15:38:55|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-77578
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