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Bowl.Thinly potted, buff stoneware bowl on ring foot with slightly everted rim and covered in cream slip and transparent glaze.
Slightly rounded sides taper from the everted rim with a deep recessed, flat footrim. The glaze stops in an uneven line above the footrim. The bowl has been stack-fired on five spurs with spurs adhering to the foot, and there are five spur marks inside. Inscription on base in Chinese ink is worn. Stained from burial.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Diameter: 11.7 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Northern Song (960-1127)
Circa
960
-
1127
Throwing
: Thrown, covered in cream slip and transparent glaze
Slip-coating
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.638-1991
Primary reference Number: 20997
Old object number: CHICER/867
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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