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White stoneware saucer with incised decoration under an ivory glaze. Circular with shallow sloping sides. The flat centre is incised with a lotus flower and foliage. The rim is mounted with what may be copper, which has rusted. Ding yao.
Oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection' and inscribed in blue black ink 'D./98'. There is another oval label inscribed in black '104'
Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)
Diameter: 11.6 cm
Height: 2.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Loan
(1992)
by
Whittow, Helen H. L. (nee Malcolm)
Northern Song (960-1127)
960
-
1127
Rim composed of copper ( possibly)
Accession number: ML.19-1992
Primary reference Number: 138725
Malcolm Collection: D./98
104
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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