Bulbous Pot

Pottery

Pot in a classical shape with overlapping edge, vascular body and standfoot. It has an opaque smooth glaze in green-blue/ turquoise. A part of the lower edge of the container is unglazed. A kind of drip edge to the standfoot. The low part of the vascular bulging is again glazed while the flat bottom with the standfoot is of rough clay and provided with a character.

Object ID
Persia_001

Age
Late Tang or Period of Five Dynasties (907 – 959 AD)

Material
Ceramics

Color
blue-turquois

Diameter
17 cm

Height
16 cm

Neck diameter
9.7 cm

Bottom diameter
7 cm

Condition
Good

Price
on request

Description

Pot in a classical shape with overlapping edge, vascular body and standfoot. It has an opaque smooth glaze on green-blue/ turquoise. The turquoise/green color has been reached by the admixture of agate or carnelian. A part of the lower edge of the container is unglazed. There is a kind of drip edge to the standfoot. The low part oft he vascular bulging is again glazed while the flat bottom with the standfoot is of rough clay and provided with a character.
Possibly it deals with an imported form that was taken from the Romance Syriac tradition. [1] (HV)

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[1] Willetts, William (1968): Das Buch der chinesischen Kunst. Von der Jungsteinzeit bis heute. Econ Verlag Düsseldorf Wien. 320