Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
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Changsha ware pillow with a bird and flowers
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Hunan province › Changsha › Tongguan kiln-sites (place of creation)
- Date
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9th century AD (AD 801 - 900)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, slab-built, with underglaze painting in brown; unglazed base
- Dimensions
- 8.3 x 15.6 x 10.6 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by P. H. Wikramaratna, in memory of his wife Nancy, 1992.
- Accession no.
- EA1992.64
Glossary (2)
stoneware, underglaze painting
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stoneware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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