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Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mopoblique

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  • Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mop (oblique)
  • Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mop (back)
  • Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mop (side)
  • Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mop (front)
  • Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mop (side)
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Girl in army uniform with a bucket and mop

  • Description

    Throughout the Cultural Revolution the porcelain kilns at Jingdezhen, renowned as the imperial kilns since about AD 1400, continued to produce good quality porcelain. Much of the output used the forms and decoration of revolutionary imagery.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    1970s
    Material and technique
    porcelain figure, with polychrome glazes; wooden mop handle
    Dimensions
    20.8 x 10.5 x 7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › porcelain,
    organic › vegetal › wood
    Technique index
    glazed,
    covered › coated › glazed
    Object type index
    container › vessel › bucket,
    tool/implement › mop,
    sculpture › figure › figurine
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Presented by Nigel Wade, 2010.
    Accession no.
    EA2010.78

Glossary

porcelain

  • porcelain

    Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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