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Bowl: OC.2-1942

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Buff stoneware bowl with rounded sides and slightly contracted at the lip. Red with opalescent glaze, the colour changes from brown at the rim to lavender grey. The glaze ends short of the base. There is a small splash of purple on the inside. Chun ware.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Edward Maurice Berkeley Ingram

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11.4 cm
Height: 5.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1942) by Ingram, Edward Maurice Berkeley

Dating

Song Dynasty#
960 - 1279

Components of the work

Base

Materials used in production

Glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.2-1942
Primary reference Number: 77639
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 11 September 2015 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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