Greenware funerary jar with five spouts

Details

• Title

  Greenware funerary jar with five spouts

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Longquan kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware with incised decoration under a green celadon glaze; unglazed base

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › funerary equipment › burial-pot;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › incense-container › incense-vessel › incense-jar

• Dimensions

  jar with lid 25.2 cm (height)
  jar without lid 17.8 cm (height)
  lid 8.9 cm (height)
  with spouts 14.5 cm irregular, max. (width)
  lid 10 cm (diameter)
  jar at base 8.4 cm (diameter)

  more

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.356

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