Jar
1300-1368 (made)
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Jar, globular, with short straight neck and two small loop handles. Grey stoneware with olive-brown celadon glaze covering ornament outlines in threads of clay: a fine lily scroll on the upper part of the body and false gadroons below; base unglazed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with celadon glaze |
| Brief description | Jar, stoneware with olive-brown celadon glaze, China |
| Physical description | Jar, globular, with short straight neck and two small loop handles. Grey stoneware with olive-brown celadon glaze covering ornament outlines in threads of clay: a fine lily scroll on the upper part of the body and false gadroons below; base unglazed. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee |
| Historical context | Specimens of this kind of ware have been found in Egypt and also at Sawankhalok in Siam (Thailand). There were potteries at Sawankhalok, but the finish of this piece suggest a Chinese rather than a Siamese origin. |
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| Accession number | C.926-1935 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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