Lampe, M.C. 9522(2)

Author(s): changsha (ceramic production center) production date: between 907 and 960 dating in century: 10th century type(s) of object(s): domestic life, ceramics, china name(s): lamp materials and techniques: porcelain, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 7. 5cm length: 8. 2cm diameter: 3. 8cm description: lamp with flat, separate cover, with a central part holding it in the neck. The lamp is one with a saucer placed on a ring foot which, alone, with the base, remains uncovered and stained red. The globular body has at the widest part, on the edge, two opposite handles, in circles perpendicular to the body. The long tubular pourer sinks at an angle to the bottom and remains open halfway up so that the oil can penetrate well. White-gray porcelain coated, inside and out, with a qingbai, gray-blue glaze (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. 9522. Date: Entre 907 et 960.