Title

Drum-shaped waterwell and dropper, Southern Song-early Yuan dynasty, China, 13th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Northern black-glazed drum-shaped waterwell and dropper, Southern Song-early Yuan dynasty, China, 13th century. A waterwell and waterdropper combined in the shape of a circular drum with small open mouthed fish head as spout. The putty coloured body is covered to 3/4 of its depth with a thick black glaze with metallic rust-brown flecks swirling round the small central hole in the top like a chrysanthemum flower, further brown flecking on the sides.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1200

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B71_476

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (532,6Kb) / 7,4in x 9,4in / 2213 x 2830 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature black fish flower flowers plant country China Chinese color colour chrysanthemum location century pottery artefact dynasty artifact spout glazed aquatic life stoneware Thirteenth Century 13th century Museum of East Asian Art Southern Song dynasty water dropper waterwell Yuan dynasty object Unknown ceramic ceramic object