Greenware water pot in the form of a frog

Details

• Title

  Greenware water pot in the form of a frog

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  4th century AD (AD 301 - 400)
  Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316)
  Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317 - 420)
  Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with applied and incised decoration under a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › pot › water-pot;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  4.7 x 9.1 x 8.3 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.984

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