Chinese Dingware lobed bowl

An image of Bowl. Dingware. Six lobed bowl. Finely potted porcelain, covered with a cream glaze and decorated with incised lines. The six foliate bowl has slightly curved sides and a square-cut, bevelled footrim and recessed, flat base. Two incised lines circle the outside above the footrim. The inside of the bowl is undecorated. Porcelain, thrown, covered with glaze, decorated with incised lines and a bevelled footrim, height, whole, 7.0 cm, diameter, whole, 21.7 cm, circa 1000-1200. Song Dynasty (960-1279).

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Bowl. Dingware. Six lobed bowl. Finely potted porcelain, covered with a cream glaze and decorated with incised lines. The six foliate bowl has slightly curved sides and a square-cut, bevelled footrim and recessed, flat base. Two incised lines circle the outside above the footrim. The inside of the bowl is undecorated. Porcelain, thrown, covered with glaze, decorated with incised lines and a bevelled footrim, height, whole, 7.0 cm, diameter, whole, 21.7 cm, circa 1000-1200. Song Dynasty (960-1279).

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Accession Number: C.636-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 957 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 431.82kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:10:29 15:45:53

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11th Century 12th Century AD bowl ceramics Chinese cream Dingware Fitz_AA glazed incised lobed porcelain Song Dynasty studio ceramics thrown vessel

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