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Flower pot: ML.9-1992

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown

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White unglazed porcelain flower pot and stand. Circular with deep almost straight sides and slightly convex base, pierced by five drainage holes. Ding yao type. With an oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection', and inscribed in blue ink D. 134
Circular wooden stand with five legs.

There are brown stains around the interior, especially below the rim, and round the exterior near the base. A few stains and marks on the base. One leg of the stand is damaged on the inside.

Legal notes

Loaned by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 16.3 cm
Height: 7.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: after AD 0960 : Sung dynasty or later

Components of the work

Base

Materials used in production

Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Unglazed

Identification numbers

Accession number: ML.9-1992
Primary reference Number: 138739
Malcolm Collection: D. 134

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 18 December 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: External
Associated department: Applied Arts

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