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Thus both form and glaze suggest ancient objects. The collecting of antiques in 19th-century China was accompanied by an interest in modern objects that made references to antiquity.<br><br><b>Time</b><br>This type of ware was made at kilns in the town of Shiwan, near Canton (Guangzhou). Shiwan wares are difficult to date precisely, but a peak in production occurred in the last decades of the 19th century. Many pieces were exported, for the kilns were close to both the port of Canton and the British colony of Hong Kong.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>Shiwan wares employed durable, high-firing stoneware clays that were dug locally. They are typified by exotic, splashed glazes in brilliant colours. Glazes coloured with different minerals were applied by dipping, painting or pouring. Careful control of firing temperatures and kiln atmospheres was crucial.","physicalDescription":"Vase of stoneware, ovoid body, with lizard-like form curving up across the body. Covered in blue glaze splashed with red. 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F. St. John, R.A. (Darklands' Chalet, Symands' Yat, near Ross), accessioned in 1903. 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The blue vase was made at kilns near Canton, Guangzhou, that supplied many wares for overseas markets owing to their geographical closeness to the port of Hong Kong.  The designer at the Doulton art pottery studio in London may have known of similar examples when he made the brown vase.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["1190-1903"],"accessionNumberNum":"1190","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1903,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR1791","2019LR5118","2019LU7902"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}