Bouteille meiping 梅瓶, M.C. 6736, 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: 43. 7cm diameter: 19. 9cm description: elongated meiping 梅瓶 bottle which flares slightly as it rises; rounded shoulder; short, narrow collar; frustoconical lip; upper part of the belly marked with horizontal grooves; flat base; covered dark brown speckled with lighter brown; on the shoulder ring without cover; base without cover; reddish brown sherd on the base and dark gray on the shoulder; many pinheads and discolorations mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 1924 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 6736. Date: between 907 and 1125.