cup BM-PDF-A.73

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC-20thC
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Height: 46 millimetres Width: 92 millimetres Depth: 77 millimetres

Description:
Guangdong stoneware cup in form of half a peach with twig handle standing on two twigs at base. The cup has a dark greyish-brown body and pale blue glaze suffused with grey and purple. There are three tiny spur marks on the base, which is glazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF A73Cup or brush-washer in the form of a halved peachHighly plastic iron-rich pottery clay and coarse sand were used for the bodies of Shiwan wares. Indigenous Shiwan sand was mixed with imported grey clay, most of which came from Dongguan which had been exporting its clay since Ming times. Vessels were either biscuit fired or covered in thick unctuous glazes such as this peach shaped vessel.Stoneware with brown, green and blue glazeShiwan (pronounced Shekwan in Cantonese) ware石灣窯Foshan, Nanhai county, Guangdong province, 廣東省, 南海縣, 佛山Qing dynasty or Republican period, about AD 1800–1949 PDF A73桃形杯或筆洗含鐵豐富的高塑性陶土及粗砂被用來製作石灣器物的坯胎。本地石灣砂土混合了來自東莞的灰陶土，後者自明代起即向石灣輸送陶土。器物或無釉素燒，或如此件桃形器皿施厚稠釉。炻器，褐色、綠色及藍色釉石灣窯廣東省南海縣佛山（今佛山市南海區）清代或民國，約1800-1949年