Verseuse, M.C. 9521

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): jug materials and techniques: stoneware, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 6cm length: 8. 9cm diameter: 6cm description: globular jug ​​with a tiny opening in the center of a raised band, placed on a round foot, with a tubular moldboard and a vertical circular handle at the top of the body. Light gray sandstone with qingbai coverage, white-bluish yellow, finely cracked and inlaid with red, stopping almost a centimeter before the foot which remains bare as well as the base (m. -t. Bobot). Iconographic description: it must be a jug of “lettré’s treasure” containing the water intended to dilute the ink stick. 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. 9521. Date: Entre 907 et 960.