Author(s):
changsha (ceramic production center)
date of production: between 618 and 907
type(s) of object(s): domestic life, ceramics, china
name(s): bowl
materials and techniques: stoneware, turned ceramic, celadon, underglaze painted decoration
place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province)
dimensions - artwork:
height: 4. 8cm
diameter: 5. 4cm
description:
bowl-shaped bowl, narrowed towards the bottom and resting on a round foot, largely hemmed with a flat rim. Gray stoneware entirely covered, inside and out, with a finely cracked green-yellow coating becoming dark olive in the thicknesses. This brown glaze was certainly laid before the light glaze and blending with it in the cooking gave fuzzy spots (m. -t. Bobot). Iconographic description:
on the body, two rows of punctuation form a geometric decoration. Historical commentary:
old mu-fei collection
themes / subjects / places represented:
geometric pattern
acquisition method: manual donation
name of donor, testator, seller: society of friends of the cernuschi museum
date of acquisition: 05–10–1976
institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris
inventory number: m. C. 9497. Date: between 618 and 907.
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