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Censer
Censer, or pierced bowl, of buff earthenware, standing on a hollow, cylindrical foot, bowl shaped body with rounded, steeply rounded sides, rising from a narrow base above the foot; perforated below the upper rim with a wide band of interfaced pierced triangles; the foot and body closely ribbed, the upper rim with diagonal reeding; the whole covered with a degraded, iridescent green glaze, with dark blue patches of iridescense to some parts, silvery-gold to others; the whole, very heavily patched and restored.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32182
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: Han dynasty
Acquisition
Gift, 28/11/1952
Given by Misses M. & G. Davies
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.5
diam
(cm): 15.7
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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