唐 長沙窯釉下彩鳥紋碗|Bowl with bird
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9th century · Stoneware with painted decoration and yellow glaze (Changsha ware) · Asian Art
Made in large quantities in Hunan Province in southwest China, small bowls such as this were widely traded, particularly to centers in West Asia. More than 50,000 similar pieces were recently excavated from a shipwreck near Belitung in Indonesia, attesting to the scale of early trade in Chinese ceramics.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 9th century
- Medium
- Stoneware with painted decoration and yellow glaze (Changsha ware)
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Dianne and Oscar Schafer, 1986
