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White ware dish with foliated rim

  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    AsiaChina Fujian province (possible place of creation)
    AsiaChina Jiangxi province (possible place of creation)
    Date
    10th century (AD 901 - 1000)
    Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
    Material and technique
    porcelain, with cut decoration on the rim, under a white glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    4.5 cm (height)
    19.5 cm (diameter)
    at foot 8.4 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    cut,
    coveredcoated glazed,
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.1233
  • Further reading

    Wood, Nigel, Chinese Glazes: Their Origins, Chemistry and Recreation (London: A & C Black and University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, 1999), p. 50, illus. p. 50

Glossary (2)

glaze, porcelain

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

Location

    • Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800

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