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Porcelain: ML.23-1992

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Porcelain (?) medicine grater/plaque, with an unglazed back and off white glaze on the front. Rectangular with raised side edges and a projection at the top, pierced by a hole for suspension. The front has seven double rows of teeth.
In a wooden box with a fitted red velvet interior

Pale pink label inscribed in black ink 'Saw toothed medicine plaque excavated from Tsu-lu-Hsien. Porcelain used instead of metal to prevent poison soaking into medicine'.
Oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection', inscribed in blue black ink 'D./71'

Notes

History note: Excavated from Tsu-lu-Hsien

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)

Measurements and weight

Height: 13 cm
Width: 8.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1992) by Whittow, Helen H. L. (nee Malcolm)

Dating

Song Dynasty#
960 - 1279

Components of the work

Box composed of wood
Front composed of glaze
Box Interior composed of velvet
Back

Materials used in production

Porcelain

Identification numbers

Accession number: ML.23-1992
Primary reference Number: 138728
Malcolm Collection: D./71
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 27 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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