Globular greenware jar

Details

• Title

  Globular greenware jar

• Associated place

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

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green celadon glaze; glazed base; glazed rim, with gold lacquer repair

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  10 cm (height)
  12.5 cm (diameter)
  at base 8.5 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.

  EA1956.1329

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