Bucket
1650-1750 (made)
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Bucket of red earthenware, with applied decoration of astrological design moulded in relief, covered with a green lead glaze. Inverted truncated cone-shaped, bound round with three cord-like bands, with two strip handles rising in a loop above the rim and springing from monsters' heads. Between the handles are friezes of heavenly bodies and constellations.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with moulded design in relief |
| Brief description | Bucket, earthenware with green lead glaze and applied with moulded design in relief, China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) |
| Physical description | Bucket of red earthenware, with applied decoration of astrological design moulded in relief, covered with a green lead glaze. Inverted truncated cone-shaped, bound round with three cord-like bands, with two strip handles rising in a loop above the rim and springing from monsters' heads. Between the handles are friezes of heavenly bodies and constellations. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mrs. Florence Bushell (Ravensholt, Harrow-on-the-Hill), accessioned in 1909. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | from label |
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| Accession number | C.246-1909 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2009 |
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