Black ware ewer with iron glaze

Details

• Title

  Black ware ewer with iron glaze

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Shaanxi province › Yaozhou kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  8th - 9th century AD (AD 701 - 900)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with black iron glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › ewer

• Dimensions

  17.9 cm (height)
  from handle to spout 12 cm (width)
  11 cm (diameter)
  at foot 6.9 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.

  EA1956.1107

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