Verseuse, M.C. 9512

Author(s): changsha (ceramic production center) date of production: between 618 and 907 type(s) of object(s): domestic life, ceramics, china name(s): jug materials and techniques: stoneware, turned ceramic, slip, celadon place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 7. 2cm diameter: 7. 7cm description: small flattened globular ewer, placed on a round foot, with a short tubular spout and a handle in double bands, attached to the edge of the neck with a button. Light gray stoneware with, on a brown slip, a thin olive-green covering, descending irregularly beyond the middle of the body and leaving some parts of slip exposed. The whole, with some gaps, appears brownish green with darker parts in the thicknesses, for example at the base of the neck, at the attachments of the pourer and the handles, as well as in drops at the bottom of the belly (m. -t. Bobot). Historical commentary: old mu-fei collection 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. 9512. Date: between 618 and 907.