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Earthenware coated in a white slip incised and painted in green and brown under a clear glaze
Earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised and painted in green and brown under a clear glaze.
Shape: carinated conical bowl, sits on a disc base
Interior: on the neck, arcading is into incised into the surface and painted. On the body a stylised bird with large tail is painted and in some places incised; the bird is surrounded by groups of three dots and bulls eye medallions or half medallions.
Exterior: undecorated except on the rim and upper body where glaze, slip and pigment that has run over from the interior.
History note: Oscar Raphael Bequest
Oscar Raphel Bequest
Height: 5.5 cm
Weight: 420 g
Width: 19.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
20th Century, Early
Circa
1900
CE
-
Circa
1925
CE
Interior
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
pigment
( green, brown)
Exterior Upper Body
composed of
glaze
( colourless)
slip
( cream)
pigment
( green, runs over from the interior)
Rim
Diameter 19.2 cm
Base
Diameter 9.4 cm
Throwing : Earthenware, wheel thrown, coated in a white slip incised and painted in green and brown under a clear glaze
Inscription present: circular paper label
Inscription present: written directly onto the vessel surface
Accession number: OC.176-1946
Primary reference Number: 77615
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) "Dish" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77615 Accessed: 2024-12-22 22:07:30
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University of Cambridge}}
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