Greenware water-dropper in the form of a fish

Details

• Title

  Greenware water-dropper in the form of a fish

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Shaanxi province › Yaozhou kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, hand-modelled, with incised decoration under a with green glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  formed › modelled;

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  communications equipment › art/writing equipment › water-dropper

• Dimensions

  4.2 x 10.4 x 3.6 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• 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.

  EA1956.1868

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