Black ware tea bowl stuck in its firing saggar

Details

• Title

  Black ware tea bowl stuck in its firing saggar

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Fujian province › Jian kilns (place of creation)

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  stoneware bowl, thrown, with brown and black iron glazes; clay saggar

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware;

  inorganic › mineral › clay

• Technique index

  thrown;

  glazed

• Object type

  fire/fire-lighting equipment › kiln-furniture › saggar;

  container › vessel › bowl › drinking-bowl › tea-bowl;

  production/replication › waster

• Dimensions

  saggar 12.7 cm (height)
  bowl 5 cm approx. (height)
  saggar 18 cm (diameter)
  bowl 12.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by M. J. V. Lloyd, 1952.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.1580

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