bowl
- Museum number
- 1937,0716.50
- Description
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Bowl. Hare's fur markings. Made of Jian glazed stoneware.
- Production date
- 1127-1279
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 16.50 centimetres
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Weight: 1052 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Tea-bowl with streaked iron-black glaze
Southern Song dynasty, (AD 1127 –1279), Shuiji kilns, Fujian Province, China
Stoneware with iron-black glaze, diameter 16.3 cm
The British Museum, London, purchased from George Eumorfopoulos 1937, 0716.50
SELECT REFERENCES: R.L. Hobson, The George Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue of the Chinese Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain, volume two, from T’ang to Ming : Ju, Kuan, Ko, Lung-Chuan & Chien Wares, London 1926, p. 41 B.213, pl. 65; 2011 Royal Academy of Arts, British Sculpture exhibition catalogue
- Location
- On display (G33/dc29a/s1)
- Exhibition history
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2012 Sep – 2013 Apr, BM G91, ‘Ritual and revelry: the art of drinking in Asia'
2011 22 Jan-10 Apr, London, Royal Academy of Arts, British Sculpture
- Acquisition date
- 1937
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1937,0716.50
