Chinese porcelain ewer, Shao Hsing period

An image of Ewer. Drinking vessel and cover. The handle is long, and the spout is short. Porcelain, white glaze, height 20.3 cm, length 14.3 cm, 1131-1162. Shao Hsing period. Song Dynasty (960-1279). Chinese.

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Ewer. Drinking vessel and cover. The handle is long, and the spout is short. Porcelain, white glaze, height 20.3 cm, length 14.3 cm, 1131-1162. Shao Hsing period. Song Dynasty (960-1279). Chinese.

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Accession Number: OC.33 & A-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 971 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 536.99kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2012:08:31 14:27:07

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12th Century AD ceramics Chinese cover drinking vessel ewer Fitz_AA glazed handle handled hard-paste porcelain knob lidded porcelain Song Dynasty spout spouted studio ceramics vessel white

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