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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
PDF.124
Description
White stoneware figure in the form of a hare on a rectangular base. The figure has yellowish crackled glaze. The base is unglazed.
Cultures/periods
Tang dynasty
Production date
700-960
Production place
Made in:
China
(North)
Materials
porcelain
Ware
Chinese White Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
103 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Late Tang 8th-10th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 124 Figure of a Hare This stoneware model of a hare is shown seated on its haunches. Its eyes are coloured with an iron-brown pigment to lend it a greater realism. Stoneware with slip, iron-brown and transparent glaze North China 中國北部 Tang dynasty, about AD 700–960
PDF 124 白釉兔 此兔雕塑呈蹲坐式,眼睛施鐵褐彩,顯得更為寫實。 炻器,帶化妝土,鐵褐彩,透明釉 中國北方 唐代,約700-960年
Bibliographic references
Medley 1980 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ting and Allied Wares
(p.9, no.2)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 9)
Location
On display
(G95/dc9/sh8)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.124