Greenware spittoon with square mouth

Details

• Title

  Greenware spittoon with square mouth

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, thrown, with hand-modelled lip, and with a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  thrown;

  formed › modelled;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › spittoon

• Dimensions

  11.2 cm (height)
  at mouth 15.3 cm max. (width)
  12 cm (diameter)
  at base 7.3 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.

  EA1956.289

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