Five-lobed greenware stem cupOn display
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Five-lobed greenware stem cup
Datelate 9th century - early 10th century AD
Material and technique
stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim
Dimensions5.7 cm (height)
11.8 cm (diameter)
at foot 6.5 cm (diameter)
No. of items
Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
Museum locationGround floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800
Glossary of terms
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1200-1300⁰c and is often buff or grey in colour.