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Greenware bowl with phoenix and floral decoration
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)
- Date
- AD 979
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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6.6 cm (height)
15.8 cm (diameter)
at foot 8.8 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.243
Glossary (3)
glaze, phoenix, stoneware
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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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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
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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.
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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