White ware ewer in double-gourd form

Details

• Title

  White ware ewer in double-gourd form

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with brown iron glaze or slip decoration, and bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglaze base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  glazed;

  slipped

• Object type

  container › vessel › ewer

• Dimensions

  11 x 9 x 6.9 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by E. H. North, 1980.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1980.274

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