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Earthenware jar
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- Associated place
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Asia › China › Henan province (place of creation)
- Date
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8th century AD (AD 701 - 800)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)
- Material and technique
- earthenware, with cream glaze and splashes of blue; glazed rim
- Dimensions
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19 cm (height)
21.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1089
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Further reading
Wood, N., and others, ‘A Technological Examination of Ninth-Tenth Century AD Abbasid Blue-and-White Ware from Iraq, and its Comparisons with Eighth Century AD Chinese Blue-and-White Sancai Ware’, Archaeometry, 49/4, (2007), pp. 670, 676 & 677, illus. p. 671 fig. 2(f)
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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