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Pottery: Unknown
Footed chestnut coloured stoneware tea bowl of conical form. Thrown and turned, with a thin groove around the inside of the rim. Tenmoku glaze with small random light brown patches of different sizes, also many small circular areas of creamy glaze. Small circular hollow in centre of well. The creation of this hollow resulted in a crack in the base. This was sealed with Tenmoku glaze.
History note: Unknown before Frank Brangwyn, RA
Purchased from Frank Brangwyn, using the Glaisher Fund
Height: 5.80 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1934-09-20) by Brangwyn, Frank
12th Century-13th Century#
Northern Song (960-1127)
Circa
1100
-
Circa
1299
This bowl has very unusual glaze. No illustrations have been found of the cream and brown spots together on one pot. See Documentation for illustrations of a Tian ware shard with white spots and conical Tenmoku bowls with mottled brown spots.
All Except Base
composed of
glaze
( Tenmoku with small random light brown patches of different sizes)
Bowl
Diameter 13.20 cm
Foot
Diameter 3.80 cm
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label
Accession number: C.247-1934
Primary reference Number: 73563
BJ.60
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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