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Cup
Cup of pale buff earthenware, standing on a narrow waisted foot, bulbous body, tapering toward shoulder, flaring and ending with everted lip rim; remains of a broad loop handle; the lower body with swirled dark red slip over a creamy yellow slip base; the upper exterior sides with a rich dark brown glaze, decorated with small trailed creamy yellow slip motifs of interlinking curved lines; the lip and interior with the same creamy yellow slip covered in a transparent glaze, the glaze collected in a glassy pool in the central well.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34612
Acquisition
Gift, 1904
Given by Robert Drane
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.2
Length
(cm): 14
diam
(cm): 11.6
Height
(in): 3
Length
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
slip-decorated
decoration
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
slip
Location
In store
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