Greenware jar with stylized petals

Details

• Title

  Greenware jar with stylized petals

• Associated place

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

• Date

  12th century (1101 - 1200)
  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

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

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  with lid 5.3 cm (height)
  without lid 4.7 cm (height)
  10.6 cm (diameter)
  at base 5.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1263

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