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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

1150-1250 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of grey stoneware, globular with short foot and neck; wide mouth. Round the belly a band of foliated scrollwork incised through a white slip and covered with a transparent glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, incised, glazed
Brief description
Cizhou-type ware. Jar, grey stoneware with transparent glaze over designs incised through a white slip, north China
Physical description
Jar of grey stoneware, globular with short foot and neck; wide mouth. Round the belly a band of foliated scrollwork incised through a white slip and covered with a transparent glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Style
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.140-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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