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Pounding the clay malleable, late 18th century

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Potters need to cleanse and pound the clay again until it becomes compact and malleable. A definite proportion of kaolin and baidunzi would be mixed; the mixture moves and kneads with wooden spatulas inside a large pit well paves and cements.

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  • Title: Pounding the clay malleable, late 18th century
  • Location Created: Canton
  • Physical Dimensions: Height : 19 cm Width : 20 cm
  • Original Language: Chinese
  • Provenance: Gift of Susan Chen Hardy
  • Transcript:
    煉土 Two seals「檢」「尚」
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  • Rights: ©Hong Kong Maritime Museum
  • Medium: Watercolour on paper
  • physical format: Album leaf framed
  • object id: HKMM2012.0101.0009
Hong Kong Maritime Museum

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