Greenware 'ear' cup

Details

• Title

  Greenware 'ear' cup

• Associated place

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

• Date

  3rd century AD (AD 201 - 300)
  Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › cup;

  religious/ritual equipment › funerary equipment

• Dimensions

  3.7 x 9.6 x 7.3 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1995.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1995.36

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