Period:Jin dynasty Production date:265-316
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Height: 9 centimetres Length: 12.50 centimetres
Description:
Waterpot in Form of a Lion. Yue ware. Grey, porcellanous stoneware with olive-green glaze; underside unglazed. Animal in hollow form, with four brief legs and round funnel-like opening projecting from the back. Features, fur and other details are partly moulded and partly delineated by incised lines.
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Comments:Lion-shaped water potSeveral hundred kiln sites have been discovered in the area historically called Yue. These are mainly located in the areas of Shanglinhu, Dongqianhu and Shangyu. This water dropper was probably used by a literate man for adding water to ink for calligraphy.Stoneware with impressed and incised decoration and pale olive-green glaze Yue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Western Jin dynasty, AD 265–316
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Height: 9 centimetres Length: 12.50 centimetres
Description:
Waterpot in Form of a Lion. Yue ware. Grey, porcellanous stoneware with olive-green glaze; underside unglazed. Animal in hollow form, with four brief legs and round funnel-like opening projecting from the back. Features, fur and other details are partly moulded and partly delineated by incised lines.
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Comments:Lion-shaped water potSeveral hundred kiln sites have been discovered in the area historically called Yue. These are mainly located in the areas of Shanglinhu, Dongqianhu and Shangyu. This water dropper was probably used by a literate man for adding water to ink for calligraphy.Stoneware with impressed and incised decoration and pale olive-green glaze Yue ware 越窯Shanglinhu kilns, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 上林湖窯Western Jin dynasty, AD 265–316
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