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(Production)
Octagonal stoneware pillow, slab built. With a slipped cream and painted in iron black, with combed sgraffito details under a clear glaze with opalescent patches. Tz'u chou ware
History note: Purchased from Franck, S. M. and Co. Originally from the collection of Lt. Col. Croft Lyons
Given by the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 9.9 cm
Length: 24 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1912-05-07)
by
National Art Collections Fund
Jin (Six Dynasties)
1115
-
1234
black Paint clear Glaze cream Slip Stoneware
Sgraffito Painting Slip coating Glazed Slab-built
Accession number: C.10-1912
Primary reference Number: 71148
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Pillow"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71148 Accessed: 2022-05-22 18:03:33
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