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Bowl with marbled decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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8th century AD (AD 701 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with red marbled decoration under a yellow glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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4.3 cm (height)
10.2 cm (diameter)
at foot 5.7 cm (diameter)
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
- Accession no.
- EAX.1958
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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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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