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Group of greenware sherds with one blue and white fragment
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 13th century (1201 - 1300)
- Associated people
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Professor John Carswell (born 1931) (excavator)
- Material and technique
- stoneware, with green glaze and porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
- Material index
- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 22
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor John Carswell, 1995.
- Accession no.
- EAP.18623
Glossary (4)
glaze, porcelain, stoneware, underglaze painting
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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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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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stoneware
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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First floor | Room 28 | Asian Crossroads
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First floor | Room 28 | Asian Crossroads
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