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Yellow-glazed sherd with dragontop

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Yellow-glazed sherd with dragon

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    Associated place
    Sumatra (Kota Cina) (find spot)
    China (place of creation)
    Date
    possibly 16th century (1501 - 1600)
    Associated people
    Dr Edmund Edwards McKinnon (active before 1999) (excavator)
    Material and technique
    earthenware, with yellow glaze
    Dimensions
    5 x 6 x 3.2 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    earthenware
    Technique index
    glazed,
    glazed
    Object type index
    vessel
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Dr Edmund Edwards McKinnon, 1990.
    Accession no.
    EAP.18639

  • Further reading

    Edwards McKinnon, Edmund, ‘Oriental Ceramics Excavated in North Sumatra: The Second George De Menasce Memorial Lecture’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 41, (1977), pl. A (colour), between pp. 57 and 59.

Glossary (2)

earthenware, glaze

Location

    • First floor | Room 28 | Asian Crossroads

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