Greenware huzi, or chamber pot, in animal form

Details

• Title

  Greenware huzi, or chamber pot, in animal form

• Associated place

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

• Date

  Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316)

• Material and technique

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

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  toilet/cosmetic equipment › toilet-vessel › urinal;

  sculpture › figure › figurine;

  container › vessel › pourer › water-pourer

• Dimensions

  18.9 x 24.5 x 14 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.953

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