Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery
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Alms bowl with floral decoration
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shaanxi province › Yaozhou kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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10th century - 1st half of the 11th century AD
Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with brown and white slip-painted decoration; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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8 cm (height)
15 cm (diameter)
at base 7 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.3102
Glossary (2)
slip, stoneware
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
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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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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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