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Bowl: OC.76-1938

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Stoneware hot water bowl with double bottom. The body is thick with incised decoration of a scroll border inside lip, and thunder pattern outside lip. The remainder is obscured by a very thick glassy crackled glaze with brownish patches. The glaze is marked in the centre of the bowl.
The glazed foot is short and thick. The base is unglazed with a hole in the centre, and burnt orange brown

Legal notes

Given by I. H. N. Evans

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 14.5 cm
Height: 7.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1938-01-19) by Evans, Ivor H. N., MA

Dating

Ming Dynasty
1368 - 1644

Components of the work

Base
Scroll Border

Materials used in production

Celadon glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.76-1938
Primary reference Number: 77824
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 14 July 2016 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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