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  • Object type

  • Museum number

    OA+.916

  • Description

    Sherds (series of one hundred and fifty). Made of stoneware, earthenware, porcelain. Thirty-eight blue and white; ninety celadon-glazed; twenty-two Islamic sherds.

  • Culture/period

  • Date

    • 10thC-14thC
    • 13thC-14thC (celadons)

  • Production place

    • Factory in: Longquan
    • (Asia,China,Zhejiang (province),Longquan Area,Longquan (county),Longquan (town))

  • Findspot

  • Materials

  • Ware

  • Technique

  • Dimensions

    • Length: 3 centimetres (min)
    • Length: 16 centimetres (max)

  • Bibliography

    • MacGregor 2010 60 bibliographic details

  • Location

    G25/case20

  • Exhibition history

    Exhibited:

    2012 - , April -, London, BM, G68, Coins and Medals permanent gallery
    2014 - , AHOW, PROMISED

  • Science

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    Analysis date

    1 January 2009

    Reason for analysis

    Analytical Request

    Analysis title

    Microscopic investigation of three potsherds from Kilwa (Tanzania)

    Analysis outline

    Three sherds (Reg Obj No OA+ 916; one Longquan celadon, a Middle Eastern and an African potsherd) were selected for analyses. This request is part of the History of the World project and the main question regards their production and exchange in the wider context of the Indian Ocean trade. Petrographic and SEM-EDX analyses were carried out on the paste and slip of the potsherds, showing variation in the chemical and mineralogical composition, indicating different provenance and techniques of manufacture for the three objects.

    Analysis documents

    Analysis reference number

    AR2009-26

    About these records 

  • Acquisition name

  • Acquisition date

    1974

  • Acquisition notes

    Found on cliff face or spoil from cliff face in 1948.

  • Department

    Asia

  • Registration number

    OA+.916

Sherds (series of one hundred and fifty). Made of stoneware, earthenware, porcelain. Thirty-eight blue and white; ninety celadon-glazed; twenty-two Islamic sherds.

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