bowl BM-PDF.292

Period:Northern Song dynasty Production date:978
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 129 millimetres Height: 44 millimetres

Description:
Yue stoneware bowl fragment. The bowl has grey-green glaze. There is an inscription and five spur marks on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Northern Song 978 AD Room 95 label text:PDF 292Part of a bowl with inscriptionThis sherd from the lower part of a Yue stoneware bowl has a very rare date inscription incised into the grey clay body before glazing. It reads 太平戊寅 (Taiping wuyin ‘ AD 978’). It was fired on a setter on its base. Five spur marks are visible. Stoneware with incised inscription and grey-green glazeYue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Northern Song, dated equivalent to AD 978 PDF 292青釉刻銘碗（殘片）此碗為越窯產品，僅存下半部，燒造前青灰色胎體刻銘文“太平戊寅”，即978年，十分罕見。此器以支具墊燒，器底留有五個支釘痕跡。炻器，刻銘，灰青釉越窯浙江省上林湖窯北宋，紀年為978年