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Porcelain sherd
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 16th century (1501 - 1600)
- Associated people
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Professor John Carswell (born 1931) (field collector)
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 x 0.4 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor John Carswell, 1976.
- Accession no.
- EAP.7033
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Further reading
Carswell, John, ‘China and Islam in the Maldive Islands’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, 41, (1977), no. 188 on p. 171, illus. p. 174 pl. 63 b
Glossary (2)
porcelain, underglaze painting
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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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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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