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Cup with striped three-coloured glaze
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Henan province (place of creation)
- Date
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8th century AD (AD 701 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with white slip under a sancai glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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4.8 x 8.4 x 6.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
at foot 3 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by E. H. North, 1980.
- Accession no.
- EA1980.193
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Further reading
Vickers, Michael, Oliver Impey, and James Allan, From Silver to Ceramic: The Potter's Debt to Metalwork in the Graeco-Roman, Oriental and Islamic Worlds (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1986), pl. 33
Glossary (3)
earthenware, glaze, slip
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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.
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slip
A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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