Greenware ritual food vessel, or ding

Details

• Title

  Greenware ritual food vessel, or ding

• Associated place

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

• Date

  4th century BC (400 - 301 BC)
  Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › ding

• Dimensions

  with lid 13.5 cm (height)
  without lid 11.5 cm (height)
  with handles 16.5 cm (width)
  13.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.930

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