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Date of production: between 900 and 930 type(s) of object(s): hygiene - health, ceramics, china name(s): medical instrument materials and techniques: sandstone, celadon, underglaze painted decoration location(s) of execution/realization: changsha dimensions - artwork: height: 7. 8cm length: 13cm depth: 9. 5cm description: rectangular, slightly concave and rounded at the corners. Presence of a small hole to let air escape during cooking. Gray earth covered with a pearl-grey covering, finely cracked and encrusted with red, descending irregularly almost to the base, leaving it bare. On the base, a few thick, vitrified drops of the same green (m. -t. Bobot). Iconographic description: on top, touches of deep green form an abstract floral decoration. Historical commentary: former mu-fei collection; former newton collection themes / subjects / places represented: flower acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: vergé, patrice, society of friends of the cernuschi museum date of acquisition: 10–1976 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 9523. Date: Entre 900 et 930.