Changsha ware pillow with a bird and flowers

Details

• Title

  Changsha ware pillow with a bird and flowers

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Hunan province › Changsha › Tongguan kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  9th century AD (AD 801 - 900)
  Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, slab-built, with underglaze painting in brown; unglazed base

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  handbuilt › slab built;

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › bedding › pillow

• Dimensions

  8.3 x 15.6 x 10.6 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by P. H. Wikramaratna, in memory of his wife Nancy, 1992.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1992.64

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