Yaozhou ware five-lobed bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, five lobed with slightly flaring lip. Low, square-cut foot.

  Ju type celadon. Spur marks (undetermined number) on foot-rim.

  Clay: fine-grained gray stoneware.

  Glaze: thick lustrous gray-green with brownish areas, uneven crackle; covers foot.

  Decoration: faint vertical indentations only.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

  Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

• Origin

  Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  900s

• Place

  Shaanxi province, China

• Topic

  Art, Five Dynasties period (907 - 960), Green glaze, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Yaozhou ware

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)