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

Ewer

1300-1368 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ewer of stoneware. Flattened egg-shaped. Moulded into five lobes on each side, with small loop handle and curved spout. Decorated in white slip with coiled spirals and quatrefoils under a celadon glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, decorated in white slip under celadon glaze
Brief description
Ewer, stoneware decorated in white slip under celadon glaze, China, Yuan dynasty
Physical description
Ewer of stoneware. Flattened egg-shaped. Moulded into five lobes on each side, with small loop handle and curved spout. Decorated in white slip with coiled spirals and quatrefoils under a celadon glaze.
Dimensions
  • Width: 7.3cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Sydney Vacher
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.153-1929

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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