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Bowl: OC.82-1946

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Porcelaneous stoneware bowl, with a thick pale green glaze. Lung-chu'an type. There is an incised lotus flower inside, and an incised ring half way down the outside.
The bowl has a wide recesssed base, which is glazed apart frm a ring burnt orange brown, with a circle of glaze like material embedded in it. The base also has a slightly convex centre.

Notes

History note: Bought from C. T. Loo, May 1931

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 11 cm
Height: 3.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Components of the work

Flower

Materials used in production

Celadon glaze
Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Unglazed
Glazing

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.82-1946
Primary reference Number: 77844
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 9 July 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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