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Description: | Artist: Unknown, potter; Date(s): circa 900 - circa 999; Classification(s): glazed earthenware, bowl, throwing, buff earthenware coated in a brown slip painted in white under, or over, a clear glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Raphael, Oscar C., 1905-04-24, Oscar Raphel Bequest [OC.140-1946]
Description: buff earthenware coated in a brown slip painted in white under, or over, a clear glaze
Shape: conical bowl with everted rim and a disc base
Interior: on the rim a dotted lunette pattern, while on the body cypress trees and birds with long necks are separated by contour panels containing peacocks? eyes and dots. On the base another bird and further contour panels.
Exterior: groups of horizontal dashes are painted on the upper body. Glaze covers the surface but is uneven on the base. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | bowl Unknown glazed earthenware | Temporal: | name=10th Century; start=900; end=999 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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