Greenware jar with lotus petals and peony scroll decoration

Details

• Title

  Greenware jar with lotus petals and peony scroll decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province (place of creation)

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

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province (possible; Wenzhou kiln-sites) (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with incised and combed decoration under a green celadon glaze; unglazed base; unglazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  17.3 cm (height)
  13 cm (diameter)
  at base 7.1 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.

  EA1956.3927

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