Bird Feeder
early 14th century (made)
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Bird feeder of a flattened globular form moulded in the shape of a many-lobed fruit with leaves on either side and two lugs at the end for affixing to the cage, a wide aperture on top and flat base, covered with a pale bluish glaze.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain, moulded, glazed |
Brief description | Qingbai ware. Bird feeder, in the form of a fruit, porcelain with qingbai glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Jiangxi province), Yuan dynasty, early 14th century |
Physical description | Bird feeder of a flattened globular form moulded in the shape of a many-lobed fruit with leaves on either side and two lugs at the end for affixing to the cage, a wide aperture on top and flat base, covered with a pale bluish glaze. |
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Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
Object history | The group of objects (FE.3 to 105-1975) were all acquired by Sir John Addis during his stay in Manila as British Ambassador, ca. 1965-70, and are purportedly from excavations there. See papers published at the Manila Trade Pottery Seminiar, 1968, here noted; also Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968; and Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, pp. 17-36. |
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Accession number | FE.94-1975 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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