Flask
1279-1368 (made)
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Flask of brown stoneware, painted in iron brown over a thick cream-coloured glaze. Globular with short narrow neck and expanding mouth (partly cut away); broad foot-ring. Painted, in a slip pigment developing tones varying from yellow to warm reddish brown, on both sides with the character shou (longevity), on one side accompanied by an inscription. The glaze stops short of the foot leaving the base paste, which has burnt to dark brown colour.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, painted in brown slip over cream-coloured glaze |
| Brief description | Cizhou ware. Flask of stoneware, painted in brown slip over cream-coloured glaze, China, Song dynasty (960-1279) |
| Physical description | Flask of brown stoneware, painted in iron brown over a thick cream-coloured glaze. Globular with short narrow neck and expanding mouth (partly cut away); broad foot-ring. Painted, in a slip pigment developing tones varying from yellow to warm reddish brown, on both sides with the character shou (longevity), on one side accompanied by an inscription. The glaze stops short of the foot leaving the base paste, which has burnt to dark brown colour. |
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| Accession number | C.416-1926 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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