spittoon BM-PDF.266

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

Dimensions:Diameter: 168 millimetres Height: 111 millimetres

Description:
Yue stoneware spittoon with an inverted hemispherical base section, a narrow neck and widely flared bowl shaped upper section. The spittoon has grey-green glaze.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Tang dynasty 9th century Room 95 label text:PDF 266SpittoonIn China, the eighth and ninth century marked a shift in economic power from the north to the south and this coincided with a revival of the prosperity of the southern Yue ware kilns located in Yuezhou in modern Zhejiang province. The form of this vessel is also found in contemporary Tang metalwork. Stoneware with grey-green glazeYue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Tang dynasty, about AD 800–916 PDF 266青釉渣鬥在八至九世紀，中國的經濟中心經歷了由北方向南方的轉移，而這也恰恰帶來了位於南方越州（在今浙江省）的越窯的繁榮。此種器形也見於同時期的唐代金屬器皿。炻器，灰青釉越窯浙江省上林湖窯唐代，約800-916年