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Tea bowl
(茶盏)
Southern Song dynasty 1127-1279
- Medium
- porcellaneous stoneware (Longquan ware)
- Measurements
- 5.2 × 13.0 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Longquan, Zhejiang province, south-east China, China
- Accession Number
- 3699-D3
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Asian Art - Chinese Gallery
Level 1, NGV International - About this work
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During the Song dynasty (960–1279), the finest green glazed stoneware was produced at Longquan in Zhejiang Province. Luminescent green celadon ware was created by firing iron oxide in a kiln with a reduced (oxygen-poor) atmosphere. Its unique colour, similar to that of jade, made this ware popular in the domestic market and the export trade to other parts of Asia and the Middle East.
- Physical description
- Conical, widely flaring from small ring base. Translucent plate blue grey glaze thinning at rim.