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White ware oil jar
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Details
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- Material and technique
- stoneware, with white glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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13 cm (height)
13.1 cm (diameter)
at foot 9.6 cm (diameter)
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container › oil-container › oil-vessel › oil-jar,container › vessel › oil-vessel › oil-jar
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1108
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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