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1 of 253523 objects
China
Dish late 14th-15th century
Porcellanous stoneware with celadon glaze | 7.7 x 35.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 26803
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A Chinese porcellanous stoneware dish, thickly potted and shallow, with rounded, spreading sides and everted rim, tapering foot and recessed base burnt orange-brown, apart from a circle of glaze in the centre. The well is moulded with a band of petal-like fluting, and impressed in the centre is a peony spray.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.Provenance
Purchased by the Holyrood Amenity Trust from John Sparks Ltd., Mount Street London, in April 1930 for £18.
Listed as no.277 in an internal Holyrood Inventory,1978. -
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Medium and techniques
Porcellanous stoneware with celadon glaze
Measurements
7.7 x 35.5 cm (whole object)
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