Bouteille, M.C. 6701, between 907 and 1125

Author(s): anonymous, ceramist date of production: between 907 and 1125 type(s) of object(s): domestic life, archaeology, ceramics, china name(s): tableware and kitchen utensils, bottle materials and techniques: stoneware, turned ceramic, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: china comment on the place of discovery: tokto (mongolia) dimensions - artwork: height: 41. 9cm diameter: 20. 4cm description: meiping bottle 梅瓶; elongated belly flaring upwards; rounded shoulder; the belly is hollowed out with horizontal grooves on the upper two thirds; short, narrow collar; swollen and uneven lip; covered brown speckled with lighter brown and marked with a rust streak; lower edge of the foot without cover; lump at the shoulder and base of the collar; dark gray sherd at the break; many pinheads mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 1924 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 6701. Date: between 907 and 1125.