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

Bowl

1127-1279 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Zhejiang (made)

A whitish porcelain shallow bowl with straight spreading sides slightly everted at the rim; the sides cut sharply to the broad footrim. Covered with a rich bluish-green glaze.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Bowl
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, glazed
Porcelain
Celadon
Glazed
Brief description
Longquan ware. Bowl, porcelain with celadon glaze; China (Zhejiang), Southern Song dynasty
Physical description
A whitish porcelain shallow bowl with straight spreading sides slightly everted at the rim; the sides cut sharply to the broad footrim. Covered with a rich bluish-green glaze.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Styles
Longquan
Southern Song
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs B. Z. Seligman
Bibliographic references
  • Ayers, John G. Chinese and Korean pottery and porcelain, Seligman collection of Oriental art, London : Lund Humphries, Vol. II, 1964, D172.
  • The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art : Chinese, central Asian and Luristan bronzes, Chinese jades and sculptures, Chinese and Korean ceramics, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1966 278
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.180-1974

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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