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Sancai pottery mortar with floral pattern, Five Dynasties period, China, 10th century.
Sancai pottery mortar with floral pattern, Five Dynasties period, China, 10th century. A shallow stoneware bowl from Hunyuan kiln, Shanxi province, the interior of which is combed all over and incised with a stylised five-petalled flower below a combed border and covered with sancai glazes including a pale blue. This type of mortar was used to reduce the 'cakes' of tea which were produced at this time.
Unique Identifier
AR921048
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Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2209px × 2839px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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10TH CENTURY
artefact
Artifact
Bowl
Ceramic
china
CHINESE
color
country
DYNASTY
Five Dynasties
Floral
Flower
FLOWERS
GLAZED
LOCATION
Mortar
Museum of East Asian Art
NATURE
Object
Ornamentation
PATTERNED
Plant
Pottery
sancai
Stoneware
Tea
TENTH CENTURY