White ware inkstone with taotie masks

Details

• Title

  White ware inkstone with taotie masks

• Associated place

  Asia › China (north) (place of creation)

• Date

  7th - 8th century AD (AD 601 - 800)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, mould-made, with white glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  glazed

• Object type

  communications equipment › art/writing equipment › ink-stone

• Dimensions

  2.1 cm (height)
  at top 5.2 cm (diameter)
  at base 7 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1116

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