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9th Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Henan (made)
China

Fragment of the rim of a lobed bowl, white porcelaneous body, covered in a thin clear, colourless glaze.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Fragment
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, thrown, moulded, glazed
Brief description
Fragment of a bowl, porcelaneous white ware; China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, 9th century.
Found in Samarra
Physical description
Fragment of the rim of a lobed bowl, white porcelaneous body, covered in a thin clear, colourless glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 0.0cm (Note: Approximate overall diameter estimated to be 18cm.)
  • Height: 7.8cm
  • Length: 6.8cm
  • Thickness: 0.4-0.6cm
Style
Tang
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
The research, cataloguing and digitisation of the V&A's Samarra collection has been made possible by a pilot project grant from the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (2013).
Object history
Found in excavations at Samarra, Iraq.
Production
CHINESE
Bibliographic references
  • Wood, N., Doherty, C. and Rosser-Owen, M., “A technological study of Iraqi copies of Chinese Changsha and Chinese sancai wares found at Samarra", Gu Taoci Kexue Jishu (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ancient Ceramics) 8 (2009): pp. 154-179.
  • Jessica Rawson, M. Tite and M.J. Hughes, " The export of Tang Sancai wares: some recent research," TOCS, 1987-8, vol. 52, pp. 39-61.
Other number
I-N 815 - Herzfeld's red inventory number on object
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.699-1922

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Record createdMarch 7, 2000
Record URL
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