box BM-PDF.267

Period:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Production date:10thC
Materials:stoneware
Technique:incised, glazed,

Dimensions:Diameter: 126 millimetres Height: 67 millimetres

Description:
Yue stoneware cylindrical box with domed lid. The box has grey-green glaze on interior and exterior. There are incised scrolls on upper and lower sides, with ribbon motifs on top. There is an inscription on the lid.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Five Dynasties-Northern Song 10th-early 11th century Room 95 label text:PDF 267Box with an incised inscriptionThis round stoneware box is incised with scrolls on the tray and cover, and on the top with four ribbon designs encircling a round Chinese coin motif with the inscription 福壽延長 (fu shou yan chang ‘Good fortune and long life for a long time’). The Yue glaze is thin and grey-green typical of 10th century production.Stoneware with incised decoration and inscription and grey-green glaze Yue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Five Dynasties, AD 907–960 PDF 267青釉刻銘盒此圓盒器蓋與器身近口沿處均飾卷草紋，蓋面飾以四條綬帶各環繞一古錢幣圖案，錢幣銘文為“福壽延長”（意為長壽和福運長長久久）。灰青色的薄釉是十世紀越窯的典型釉色。炻器，劃花，刻銘，灰青釉越窯浙江省上林湖窯五代，907-960年