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

Jar

960-1127 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dingware jar, plain with white glaze. Ovoid body, short straight neck, and projecting lip.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Ding ware. Jar, stoneware with white glaze; China (Hebei province), Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Physical description
Dingware jar, plain with white glaze. Ovoid body, short straight neck, and projecting lip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
Styles
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee
Bibliographic reference
Exhibition of early Chinese pottery and porcelain, London : Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1910 D16, pl.XXIII
Collection
Accession number
C.43-1935

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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