Changsha ware ewer with birds and flowers

Details

• Title

  Changsha ware ewer with birds and flowers

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Hunan province › Changsha › Wajiaping kiln-sites (place of creation)

  Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia › Java (possible) (possible place of excavation)

• Date

  late 9th century - early 10th century AD

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze and splashes of brown

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › ewer

• Dimensions

  16.4 cm (height)
  13.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 11.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1973.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1973.8

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