FragmentsChinese11th century

Sherd: Fragment from the Base of a Circular Bowl with Flat Floor, Slightly Rounded Walls, and Straight Footring

11th century

Classification

Fragments

Technique

Celadon

Medium

Probably Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluishgreen glaze, the exterior glaze with white to buff cloudiness due either to under firing or to burial (in the waste heap at the kiln site). Probably from the Ru kilns, Henan province

Culture

Chinese

Period

Song dynasty, Northern Song period, 960-1127

Century

11th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

5.1 x 9 x 5.4 cm (2 x 3 9/16 x 2 1/8 in.)

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