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

Bowl

1200-1300 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of stoneware with a celadon glaze, deep with incurved rim, bulging sides, and well-formed foot-ring. The inside of the foot-ring is unglazed and shows a grey paste on the surface, whitish in the break.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Brief description
Longquan ware. Bowl, stoneware with celadon glaze, China
Physical description
Bowl of stoneware with a celadon glaze, deep with incurved rim, bulging sides, and well-formed foot-ring. The inside of the foot-ring is unglazed and shows a grey paste on the surface, whitish in the break.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Dr R. S. Le May
Object history
Formerly in the Hanoi Museum in Vietnam, and was stated to have been found in Indo-China.
Collection
Accession number
C.266-1938

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2009
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