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10th century · Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Yue ware) · Asian Art
Introduced to China in the first and second century, tropical parrots from mainland and island Southeast Asia quickly became a motif in the decorative arts, valued for their exoticism and their purported ability to speak Chinese.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 10th century
- Medium
- Stoneware with incised decoration under celadon glaze (Yue ware)
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry, 1979
