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Box: OC.78 & A-1946

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unknown

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Description

Stoneware round box and cover, with a thick grey green glaze, Lung-ch'uan type. Buff body, with unglazed inside rims of base and lid, unglazed base. All unglazed parts burnt orange brown in patches.
Lid is decorated with underglaze stylised lotus flowers and leaf, drawn in slip.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7 cm
Height: 3.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1905-04-24) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Materials used in production

Celadon glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Unglazed
Glazing
Slip painting

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.78 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 77828
Oscar Raphael number: 114
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 8 July 2015 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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