Jarre miniature, M.C. 9517(3)

Author(s): changsha (ceramic production center) date of production: between 618 and 907 type(s) of object(s): domestic life, ceramics, china name(s): jar materials and techniques: porcelain, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 5. 7cm diameter: 3cm description: globular body placed on a ring-shaped foot, and tightened at the collar. Two fine incisions in a circle around the shoulder. White porcelain with qingbai coverage, descending irregularly and not reaching the foot, white in color becoming bluish-white in thickness with a green drop. Traces of red earth in bare parts; wear on the collar and incisions filled with red earth (m. -t. Bobot). Historical commentary: inventoried following the 2000 survey acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: 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. 9517. Date: Entre 618 et 907.