Bouteille meiping 梅瓶, M.C. 6732

Author(s): anonymous, ceramist 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 dimensions - artwork: height: 30. 3 cm diameter: 18. 2cm description: meiping bottle ;梅瓶; elongated belly gradually flaring upwards, bulging shoulder; the belly is marked with horizontal grooves over its entire height; narrow, short collar with hemmed lip; ring foot; covered dark brown; lower edge of the leg, inner wall of the leg and base uncoated; brown shard; concretions of beige earth at the junction of the base and the foot; at shoulder level six vertical traces of supports used to keep bottles spaced apart during cooking; numerous bursts of air bubbles mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 1924 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 6732. Unknown date