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Jar, red earthenware, globular with slightly out-turned foot ring and broad sloping and undercut rim, coated all over with a dark blue slip and clear glaze; decorated in gold lustre with a broad band of painted calligraphic marks round the body (misfired and dark on one side), plain bands round the foot and rim, below the neck a simple gold lustre line above a continuous band of half-ellipses.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39283
Creation/Production
Caiger-Smith, Alan
Acquisition
Gift, 14/10/2011
Given by David Paisey
Measurements
Height
(cm): 18.7
diam
(cm): 17
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
slip-coated
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
lustre, gold
decoration
Applied Art
wood-fired
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
slip
lustre
Location
In store
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