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Dish
Dish, red earthenware, roughly circular shape, standing on a three feet modelled in the form of upside down animal heads issuing tails which curl around the base of the dish, the dish with curving spreading sides, the rim pierced with four groups of perforations separated by incised leaves, a shaped edge to the rim; the dish covered all over with a whitish slip, this then coated with to the underside and rim of the dish a brownish green glaze, the feet covered with a green glaze, the centre of the well decorated with palmettes and leaves in green and yellow glazes on a purple-brown ground, the incised leaves picked out in black.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35978
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 18th century
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.9
diam
(cm): 27.9
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 11
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
slip
glaze
Location
In store
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