Dish
1625-1640 (made)
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Birds on rocks with flowers and a border of alternating chrysanthenums, the 'Books' (one of the 'Eight Precious Things') and tassel-like ornament all in blue. The centre has signs of a foot-rim of comparable size to that of this dish having rested on it during the firing. Three stilt marks on the front (9.5 cms point to point).
Body colour: Pale red with short red streaks.
Glaze: Dull white. A clear lead-glaze pooling at the foot, strongly greenish and crawling in places over a pale slip covers the entire back. Some tin-glaze at places on the rim. Some of body shows unglazed at an area near the rim and within the foot-rim which has possibly been partially wiped clean of glaze in places.
Shape: Shape A with flatter flange turning over slightly towards the rim and with undercut flat foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Pale red with short red streaks.
Glaze: Dull white. A clear lead-glaze pooling at the foot, strongly greenish and crawling in places over a pale slip covers the entire back. Some tin-glaze at places on the rim. Some of body shows unglazed at an area near the rim and within the foot-rim which has possibly been partially wiped clean of glaze in places.
Shape: Shape A with flatter flange turning over slightly towards the rim and with undercut flat foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Dish with Chinese 'birds on rocks' design, tin-glazed earthenware, painted in blue, made in London (Southwark or Rotherhithe), England, 1625-40 |
| Physical description | Birds on rocks with flowers and a border of alternating chrysanthenums, the 'Books' (one of the 'Eight Precious Things') and tassel-like ornament all in blue. The centre has signs of a foot-rim of comparable size to that of this dish having rested on it during the firing. Three stilt marks on the front (9.5 cms point to point). Body colour: Pale red with short red streaks. Glaze: Dull white. A clear lead-glaze pooling at the foot, strongly greenish and crawling in places over a pale slip covers the entire back. Some tin-glaze at places on the rim. Some of body shows unglazed at an area near the rim and within the foot-rim which has possibly been partially wiped clean of glaze in places. Shape: Shape A with flatter flange turning over slightly towards the rim and with undercut flat foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mrs Irene Bing, Old Marston, Oxford, 1961. |
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| Other number | A51. - Delftware (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | C.59-1961 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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