Yue ware
(China)
Covered box
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Further information
Yue ware kilns hold a prestigious place in Chinese ceramic history. Located in Zhejiang province, the kilns produced the earliest green-glazed high-fired ceramics in the Tang dynasty. These wares were admired technically fro their hardness and aesthetically for their shapes and colouring, qualities without precedent in China or elsewhere. The Yue ware tradition was continued at the Longquan kilns.
Yue and Longquan Wares', The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.108.
- Place of origin
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Zhejiang Province,
China
- Period
- China: Song dynasty 960–1279
- Year
- 10th century
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- stoneware with incised design
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 6.2cm overall
:
a - Part a - lid; 1.7 x 6.2cm; height x diameter
b - Part b - box; 2.3 x 6.1cm; height x diameter - Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Kenneth Myer 1993
- Accession number
- 579.1993.a-b
