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Brush pot with mountainous landscape
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Details
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- Artist/maker
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Wang Bingrong (active 19th century (1801 - 1900)) (potter)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with moulded decoration under a transparent glaze
- Dimensions
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12.9 cm (height)
7.4 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
- Accession no.
- EA1978.1227
Glossary (2)
glaze, porcelain
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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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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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