Greenware ritual food vessel, or ding

Details

• Title

  Greenware ritual food vessel, or ding

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  3rd - 2nd century BC (300 - 101 BC)
  Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC)
  Han Dynasty (c. 206 BC - AD 220)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › ding

• Dimensions

  with lid 17.8 x 20 x 17.5 cm (height x width x depth)
  base 14.7 cm (height)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.932

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