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Bowl, red earthenware, formed of four curved segments, with ground edges, the interior with blue-white painting in underglaze colour of lozenges in clouds, the exterior unglazed. The pitted effect in the red clay achieved by mixing the body with sawdust and wood shavings which burn out during firing leaving holes. The layered interior colouring achieved by brushing on yellow, then terracotta and pressing screwed up tissue onto the surface to give a random texture. The lozenge pattern created as a second stage by masking the surface with tissue, then constructing a grid by means of arcs struck from a point, using a compass beam, in two directions. The tissue is then cut through with a scalpel, peeled off and the blue and white paint applied. Further mottling of the surface is then done with screwed up tissue. Unmarked.
reproduced by persmission of the artist. © The Trustees of the British Museum
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