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

Dish

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

Jun ware dish of stoneware, covered with a crackled greyish-green glaze clouded with blue. The body burnt to dark brown where exposed. Base green-glazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Glazed stoneware
Brief description
Jun ware. Dish, stoneware with greyish-green glaze, China, Song dynasty
Physical description
Jun ware dish of stoneware, covered with a crackled greyish-green glaze clouded with blue. The body burnt to dark brown where exposed. Base green-glazed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.1cm
Styles
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Other number
Loan no. 2267
Collection
Accession number
C.312-1910

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2009
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