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Sherd

618-906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
China (made)
Old Cairo (excavated)

Sherd of a bowl of grey stoneware, with decoration incised under a greyish-green celadon glaze. In the middle is a formal flower in a medallion; outside is a pattern of radial lotus-petals.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Sherd
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, incised, glazed
Stoneware
Celadon
Glazed
Incised
Brief description
Sherd of a bowl, grey stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze, China, Tang dynasty (618-906)
Physical description
Sherd of a bowl of grey stoneware, with decoration incised under a greyish-green celadon glaze. In the middle is a formal flower in a medallion; outside is a pattern of radial lotus-petals.
Dimensions
  • Width: 14.6cm
Style
Tang
Credit line
Given by Mr Vernon Wethered
Object history
Object found in excavations in Fostat, Egypt
Production
Inventory
Subjects depicted
Floral Patterns
Lotus Petal
Association
Old Cairo
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
C.838-1919

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O494601/sherd-unknown/
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