Black ware vase with prunus spray

Details

• Title

  Black ware vase with prunus spray

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Yonghe district › Ji'an › Jizhou kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with white slip decoration in reserve against a black iron glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › vase

• Dimensions

  16.6 cm (height)
  7.8 cm (diameter)
  at foot 5.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1573

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