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On display
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Lidded Bowl

1000-1125 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chinese stoneware with an olive green glaze is traditionally called a 'celadon'. This lidded bowl was probably a soup bowl.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Lidded bowl, stoneware with carved decoration, Yaozhou ware, China, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
Physical description
Yaozhou ware lidded bowl, stoneware with olive green celadon glaze.
Dimensions
  • With lid height: 8.7cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Style
Gallery label
(2007)
Lidded bowl
Northern Song dynasty
1000-1125

Stoneware with olive green (celadon) glaze
Yaozhou kilns, north China

Sir Alan Barlow Gift
Museum no. C.104-1967
Credit line
Given by Sir Alan Barlow, bart., GCB, KBE, and Lady Barlow.
Summary
Chinese stoneware with an olive green glaze is traditionally called a 'celadon'. This lidded bowl was probably a soup bowl.
Bibliographic reference
Kerr, Rose. Song Dynasty Ceramics. London: V&A Publications, 2004. p. 20, no. 12.
Collection
Accession number
C.104A-1967

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Record createdMarch 12, 2008
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