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

Ewer

618-906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ewer of stoneware, covered with a crackled white glaze splashed with green. Elongated ovoid body with short tubular spout projecting from the front of the shoulder, wide neck contracted in the middle, loop handle moulded in the form of a flat bundle of reeds tied with a crossed cord.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed stoneware
Brief description
Ewer, stoneware with white lead glaze splashed with green, China, Tang dynasty, 618-906
Physical description
Ewer of stoneware, covered with a crackled white glaze splashed with green. Elongated ovoid body with short tubular spout projecting from the front of the shoulder, wide neck contracted in the middle, loop handle moulded in the form of a flat bundle of reeds tied with a crossed cord.
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.2cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Styles
Object history
Purchased from Mr. William B. Paterson (5 Old Bond Street, W.), accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Collection
Accession number
C.223-1912

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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