Bouteille meiping 梅瓶, M.C. 5844, between 960 and 1368

Date of production: between 960 and 1368 type(s) of object(s): domestic life, 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: 40. 8cm diameter: 20. 4cm description: elongated bottle flaring upwards; drooping shoulder; short, narrow collar; frustoconical lip; the belly is marked with horizontal grooves on the upper two thirds; uneven ring foot; flat base; covered light greenish brown name of donor, testator, seller: dumetier (mr) date of acquisition: 1920 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 5844. Date: between 960 and 1368.