box BM-PDF.293

Period:Tang dynasty Production date:9thC
Materials:stoneware
Technique:incised, glazed,

Dimensions:Diameter: 76 millimetres Height: 48 millimetres

Description:
Yue stoneware round box with domed cover. The box has brownish green glaze. There is an incised floral design on lid.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Tang dynasty 9th century Room 95 label text:PDF 293Round box with flowersSmall boxes with this design were made in silver as well as clay in the late Tang dynasty. They were probably used for cosmetics. This example has four blooms incised into its domed cover and is covered with a typical yellow-green thin Yue glaze. Stoneware with incised decoration and green glazeYue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Tang dynasty, about AD 800–916 PDF 293青釉花卉紋圓盒此小盒造型多出現于晚唐的銀器和陶瓷器之中，可能用來盛裝化妝品。此盒蓋面飾四朵劃花朵花紋，施越窯典型的黃綠色薄釉。炻器，劃花，青釉越窯浙江省上林湖窯唐代，約800-916年