Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Room 38 | China from AD 800 gallery

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Greenware meiping, or plum blossom, vase

  • Details

    Associated place
    Zhejiang province (place of creation)
    Date
    12th century (1101 - 1200)
    Material and technique
    stoneware, thrown, and incised while turned, with a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim
    Dimensions
    with lid 22 cm (height)
    without lid 20 cm (height)
    11.5 cm (diameter)
    at base 6 cm (diameter)
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    lid,
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
    Accession no.
    EA1956.1236

Glossary (2)

glaze, stoneware

Location

    • Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800

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