Porcelain Lidded Storage Jar with Pink Seal Marks
MakerMade by
Edmund de Waal
(Nottingham, England, born 1964)
StudentTaught by
Geoffrey Whiting
(Stocksfield, Northumberland, 1919 - 1988)
CollectorCollected by
Sandy Dunbar
(London, England, 1929 - 2012)
Datec. 1997
Object NameJar
MediumLimoges porcelain and celadon
ClassificationsCeramics
DimensionsOverall (Height x Diameter): 120 × 48mm
Rim (Diameter): 26mm
Cover (Height x Diameter): 6 × 37mm
Rim (Diameter): 26mm
Cover (Height x Diameter): 6 × 37mm
AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.
Copyright© Edmund de Waal
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095708.222
About MeThis Limoges porcelain lidded jar has a gently squeezed cylindrical body. Decorated with two copper seal marks impressed into the side of the jar.
Glazed inside and out in a pale blue celadon crackle glaze with unglazed band around the rim and neck and another unglazed narrow band to the foot of the jar.
Crackle glaze is a decorative technique of deliberately introducing numerous minute surface cracks which originated in China. Celadon also came from the Far East and is frequently found in shades of pale green and pale blue, the colour changing depending on the quantity of iron oxide added to the glaze before it is fired.
