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Greenware dish with fish
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400)
Southern Song Dynasty (1127 - 1279)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with moulded decoration under a green celadon glaze; glazed base
- Dimensions
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8.3 cm (height)
44.2 cm (diameter)
at foot 19 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
- Accession no.
- EAX.1271
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Further reading
Tregear, Mary, Song Ceramics (London: Thames and Hudson, 1982), pl.292
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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