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bowl

• Object type

  • bowl

• Museum number

  PDF.296

• Description

  Yaozhou stoneware conical bowl with slightly flared rim. The bowl has deep olive-green glaze. There are four fish and a squid in rippling water moulded on the interior, with incised radiating lines on the exterior. One of a pair with PDF.297.

• Culture/period

  • Northern Song dynasty

• Date

  • 12thC

• Production place

  • Made in: Huangpu
  • (Asia,China,Shaanxi (province),Huangpu)

• Materials

  • stoneware

• Ware

  • Yaozhou Ware

• Technique

  • moulded
  • incised
  • glazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 43 millimetres
  • Diameter: 97 millimetres

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : Northern Song 11thC-12thCRoom 95 label text:

  DF 296

  Conical bowl with fish design

  
  Potters employed a reusable carved intaglio mould to produce this dish which sped up the production process. Inside four fish and another sea creature possibly a squid are depicted against rippling water and the outside is incised with radiating lines. It is covered with a rich and glossy olive green glaze. It is one of a pair with PDF 297.

  
  Stoneware with incised and moulded decoration and olive-green glaze
  Yaozhou ware 耀州窯
  Huangpuzhen, Tongchuan city, Shaanxi province 陕西省, 銅川市, 黄堡鎮
  Northern Song to early Jin dynasty, about AD 1050–1150

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• Bibliography

  • Medley 1975 Colour pl. 16 and p. 307
  • Medley 1977 p.14, no.20
  • Scott 1989b p.44, no.27
  • Pierson 1997 p.53, no.297

• Location

  On display: G95/dc2/sh6

• Acquisition name

  • On loan from: Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF.296