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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bowl

618-906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl in the form of a Buddhist alms-bowl with globular body and narrow contracted mouth. Buff stoneware with wash of brown slip inside; outside, on the lower part with green glaze which stops short of the base in a series of thick drops.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with feldspar glazes
Brief description
Bowl, stoneware with feldspar glazes, China, Tang dynasty (618-906)
Physical description
Bowl in the form of a Buddhist alms-bowl with globular body and narrow contracted mouth. Buff stoneware with wash of brown slip inside; outside, on the lower part with green glaze which stops short of the base in a series of thick drops.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
Style
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee
Bibliographic references
  • Burlington Fine Arts, 1910, pl. 8
  • Stein, Aurel, Sir. The Thousand Buddhas. London: B. Quaritch ltd., 1921, pl. 29
Collection
Accession number
C.829-1936

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2009
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