Couvercle de jarre funéraire, M.C. 9515(6), between 960 and 1279

Author(s): anonymous, potter date of production: between 960 and 1279 type(s) of object(s): beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, archaeology, ceramics, china name(s): symbolic object, jar materials and techniques: stoneware, turned ceramic, molding, qingbai glaze location(s) of execution/realization: changsha dimensions - artwork: height: 9. 4cm diameter: 7cm description: conical lid with flat edge on which a bird is perched; gray covered; inside of the lid devoid of cover; orange shard. Iconographic description: representing a bird, like a duck. Historical commentary: old mu-fei collection themes / subjects / places represented: bird, gallinaceous acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: mazery, pierre, society of friends of the cernuschi museum date of acquisition: 1976 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 9515. Date: between 960 and 1279.