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Greenware jar with floral decoration and modern lid
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Shaanxi province › Yaozhou kilns (place of creation)
- Date
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jar 2nd half of the 11th century - 1st half of the 12th century
Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
lid 20th century (1901 - 2000)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with incised, carved, and combed decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base; unglazed rim modern wooden lid, with carved decoration
- Dimensions
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with lid 19.5 cm max. (height)
without lid 16 cm (height)
13.5 cm (diameter)
at base 7.1 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1253
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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