Greenware circular box and cover with ducks and clouds

Details

• Title

  Greenware circular box and cover with ducks and clouds

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with incised decoration under a green glaze; glazed base

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › cosmetic-container › cosmetic-box;

  container › box › seal-red-box

• Dimensions

  3.5 cm (height)
  6.68 cm irregular (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 4 | Conservation

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.315

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