Greenware box with two birds

Details

• Title

  Greenware box with two birds

• Associated place

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

• Date

  Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)

• Material and technique

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

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  with lid 5.3 cm max. (height)
  without lid 3.3 cm (height)
  12.1 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.658

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