Bowl
1200-1270 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Chinese stoneware with an olive green glaze is traditionally called a 'celadon'. Chinese connoisseurs considered green teabowls most suitable for drinking green tea.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, glazed |
| Brief description | Bowl, Longquan ware, China, 1200-1270 |
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| Gallery label | Tea bowl
Southern Song dynasty
1200-1270
Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze
Longquan kilns, south China
Salting Bequest
Museum no. C.302-1910(2007) |
| Credit line | Salting bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Summary | Chinese stoneware with an olive green glaze is traditionally called a 'celadon'. Chinese connoisseurs considered green teabowls most suitable for drinking green tea. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose. Song dynasty ceramics. London:V&A Publications, 2004, plate 96.
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| Accession number | C.302-1910 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2008 |
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