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Black ware bottle with floral decoration
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- Date
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2nd half of the 12th century - 1st half of the 13th century
Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with painting in iron-brown over a black iron glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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27 cm (height)
15 cm (diameter)
at foot 8 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1390
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Further reading
Tregear, Mary, Chinese Art, World of Art Library (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), fig. 96, p. 118
Glossary (2)
glaze, 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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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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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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