Foliate Bowl
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureChinese, Liao dynasty, 907-1125
Date10th-11th century
Mediumearthenware with lead oxide glazes over a white slip
Dimensions1 1/2 × 6 9/16 in. (3.8 × 16.7 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift of Austin Scarlett and Smith Freeman in honor of the Museum’s 60th Anniversary
Object number2018.18.4
DescriptionWith slightly rounded base and gently convex sides ending in a decafoil foliate rim, the interior molded in low relief with a central hexagonal emblem encircled by rows of blossoming flowerheads, picked out in ivory and amber glazes on an overall green glazed ground of wave pattern, the glazes applied over white slip, the interior with three cleanly broken off spursOn View
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