Skip to main content

Sherd: C.18.19A-1948

An image of Sherd

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Porcelain sherd with celadon glaze.

Notes

History note: From a dig at Kom el Dik, Alexandria. Found by Professor A. J. B. Wace

Legal notes

Exchanged, from Farouk I University, Alexandria, Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Exchanged (1948) by Farouk I University, Alexandria, Egypt

Dating

Song Dynasty#
960 - 179

Materials used in production

Celadon glaze
Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.18.19A-1948
Primary reference Number: 72646
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 17 December 2015 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sherd" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72646 Accessed: 2024-04-25 02:40:27

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/72646 |title=Sherd |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-25 02:40:27|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-72646

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa12/C_18_19A_1948.jpg"
        alt="Sherd"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Sherd</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Sherd

Accession Number: ANE.618.1932

Sherd

Accession Number: ANE.622.1932

Sherd

Accession Number: ANE.617.1932

Sherd

Accession Number: ANE.607.1932

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...