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White ware amphora with handles in the form of dragons
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Details
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- Date
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7th century AD (AD 601 - 700)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with incised decoration on the neck, and with a white glaze; unglazed base
- Dimensions
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37 cm (height)
18 cm (diameter)
at base 10 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
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- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1072
Glossary (2)
earthenware, glaze
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earthenware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
Location
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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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