Greenware circular box and lid with peony decoration

Details

• Title

  Greenware circular box and lid with peony decoration

• Associated place

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

• Date

  10th century (AD 901 - 1000)
  Five Dynasties Period (AD 907 - 960)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with 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 › cosmetic-container › cosmetic-box;

  container › box › seal-red-box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  with lid 4.7 cm (height)
  without lid 3.2 cm (height)
  12.5 cm (diameter)
  at base 6.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1218

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