Greenware jar in the form of a double fish

Details

• Title

  Greenware jar in the form of a double fish

• Associated place

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

• Date

  late 9th century - early 10th century AD

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with incised decoration under a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  9.7 x 7.6 x 6.5 cm (height x width x depth)
  at mouth 3.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.288

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