Ewer with a spout in the form of a phoenix
On display
Details
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Title
Ewer with a spout in the form of a phoenix
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Associated place
Henan province (place of creation) -
Date
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Material and technique
earthenware, with moulded decoration under a sancai glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
32.5 x 15.5 x 12 cm max. (height x width x depth) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
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Museum location
First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EAX.3958
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Glossary of terms
earthenware
glaze
phoenix
Further reading
Wood, N., and others, ‘A Technological Examination of Ninth-Tenth Century AD Abbasid Blue-and-White Ware from Iraq, and its Comparisons with Eighth Century AD Chinese Blue-and-White Sancai Ware’, Archaeometry, 49/4, (2007), pp. 670, 676 & 677, illus. p. 671 fig. 2(c)
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