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Potter: Unknown
Earthenware painted in three colours under a transparent glaze
Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, painted in green, brown and yellow slip under a glaze with light green tinge.
Shape: hemispherical bowl with a triangular rim on a disc base.
Interior: surface is divided into four quadrants by a central green cross. In the quadrants four palmettes, coloured with yellow and green, are painted on a brown cross hatched background. In places the paint has run under the glaze. Three scar marks on the base indicate the use of a tripod stacking device in the kiln.
Exterior: undecorated except for the glaze that extends to the underside of the base.
History note: Bought from Garabed, Sept. 1923
Oscar Raphael bequest, 1941, received, 1946
Height: 7.5 cm
Weight: 591 g
Width: 22.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
10th Century
Circa
900
-
Circa
999
Inanimate buffware
Interior
composed of
slip
( yellow, green and brown painted under the glaze)
Base
Diameter 11 cm
Rim
Diameter 22.3 cm
transparent, green tinged
Glaze
Earthenware
Throwing
: Buff earthenware, wheel thrown, painted in green, brown and yellow slip under a glaze with light green tinge
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: square paper label with serrated bottom edge
Inscription present: Square paper label, adhered to the underside of the base
Inscription present: Small circular paper labels, one blank and the other hand written in black
Accession number: OC.152-1946
Primary reference Number: 77586
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77586 Accessed: 2024-12-27 00:53:38
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