White ware vase with 'S'-shaped handles

Details

• Title

  White ware vase with 'S'-shaped handles

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase

• Dimensions

  22.2 cm (height)
  10.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.1 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1401

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