Accession Number
1991/2.13

Title
Bowl

Artist(s)
Chinese

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
12th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with glaze

Dimensions
1 5/16 in x 6 1/4 in (3.33 cm x 15.88 cm);1 5/16 in x 6 1/4 in (3.33 cm x 15.88 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Willard A. and Marybelle Bouchard Hanna

Subject matter
A yaozhou celadon dish of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). During the Northern Song and Jin dynasties (10th-13th centuries), high quality celadon wares were produced in northern China at the Yaozhou kilns, in modern Shaanxi province. Yaozhou ware bowls typically have delicately carved floral patterns on their interior.

Physical Description
A stoneware wide shallow dish with an everted rim on a footring.  The interior is combed and incised with floral meander, and it is covered in an olive green celadon glaze.  There is loss to the rim and side.  

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
bowls (vessels)
celadon (glaze)
ceramic (material)
dishes
flower (motif)
stoneware (pottery)