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Bowl
- Place of origin:
Shiwan (made)
Malaysia (found) - Date:
960-1279 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Glazed stoneware
- Museum number:
C.234-1909
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 15, shelf 5
Physical description
Bowl of stoneware, circular, with shallow sides curving outwards at the rim; covered with a crackled celadon glaze.
Place of Origin
Shiwan (made)
Malaysia (found)
Date
960-1279 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Glazed stoneware
Dimensions
Height: 7.3 cm, Diameter: 22.2 cm
Object history note
Found in Sarawak. Bought £15 18s. [C.231 to 236-1909]
A comparison with a crackled celadon bowl, with formal floral relief design on the outside, in the British Museum, which was found on the site of the potteries at Sawankhalok, seems to show that this bowl as well as No. C.236-1909 are of Siamese, not Chinese origin. The glaze and crackle are of similar character, and there is an exact correspondence in the finish of the base and foot-ring.
Descriptive line
Shiwan ware. Bowl, stoneware with crackled celadon glaze, found in Sarawak, made in China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
Production Note
Register
Materials
Stoneware; Celadon
Techniques
Glazed
Categories
Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection
East Asia Collection