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Potter: Unknown (Probably)
Fritware painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise glaze.
Shape: a bi-conical bowl with an everted, ‘hammer head’ rim descends via a carination onto a low, wide foot ring
Interior: on the rim an inscription, while on the neck a guilloche pattern are painted. On the body a repeating arabesque pattern radiates from a central point on the base.
Exterior: on the neck an inscription is painted above a wavey line on the body. Glaze runs over the foot ring forming droplets.
History note: Bought from Garabed, 1930
Oscar Raphael bequest, 1941, received, 1946
Height: 9 cm
Weight: 1033 g
Width: 29.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
13th Century
Circa
1200
CE
-
Circa
1299
CE
Base
Diameter 15.7 cm
Rim
Diameter 29.2 cm
black
Pigment
turquoise, runs over the foot ring forming droplets and covers the base unevenly
Glaze
Fritware
Throwing
: Fritware, probably wheel thrown, painted in black under a turquoise glaze
Painting underglaze
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: Arabic letters are painted in black under the glaze
Inscription present: Arabic letters are painted in black under the glaze
Inscription present: small circular label
Accession number: OC.159-1946
Primary reference Number: 77592
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/77592 Accessed: 2024-12-03 19:17:11
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University of Cambridge}}
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