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Flask
- Place of origin:
China (made)
- Date:
7th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Glazed stoneware with moulded relief decoration
- Museum number:
C.432-1920
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case B, shelf 3
Physical description
Pilgrim-flask of stoneware, with olive-brown glaze. Flattened globular form, with spreading foot, small neck and; on the shoulder, two loop handles. Moulded in high relief on either side and depicting dancing and piping figures among scrolling branches of a flowering vine together with a small figure of a boy.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
7th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Glazed stoneware with moulded relief decoration
Dimensions
Height: 21.9 cm, Width: 19.1 cm
Descriptive line
Pilgrim-flask, stoneware with moulded relief decoration and olive-brown glaze, China, Tang dynasty, 7th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Colour Plate No. 16
Production Note
Register
Materials
Stoneware
Techniques
Glazed; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Figures; Flowers
Categories
Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection
East Asia Collection