Bulb bowl with purple and blue glazes

Details

• Title

  Bulb bowl with purple and blue glazes

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Henan province › Jun kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with opaque blue and purple glazes; gold lacquer repair; yellow-brown glaze on base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  glazed;

  altered › repaired

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  7.3 cm (height)
  20 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1549

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