In the West, the term “celadon” describes green-glazed ceramics. In China, stoneware with celadon glaze is classified by the name of the kiln where it was produced. This large bowl with three dragons frolicking in waves comes from the Yue kilns in Zhejiang Province, which began making celadons as early as the second century BCE. So-called Yue ware was used domestically as well as traded; examples have been found across Asia and as far west as Africa.
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五代 越窯青磁龍紋碗
Title:Bowl with dragons amid waves
Period:Five Dynasties (907–960)
Date:10th century
Culture:China
Medium:Stoneware with carved and incised decoration under celadon glaze (Yue ware)
Dimensions:H. 4 1/2 in. (11 .4 cm); Diam. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1918
Object Number:18.56.36
Purchased by S. C. Bosch Reitz in China (1917)
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