Bowl with bird

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204

Made in large quantities in Hunan Province in southwest China, small bowls such as this were widely traded, particularly to centers in West Asia. More than 50,000 similar pieces were recently excavated from a shipwreck near Belitung in Indonesia, attesting to the scale of early trade in Chinese ceramics.

Bowl with bird, Stoneware with painted decoration and yellow glaze (Changsha ware), China

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Bowl with bird, Stoneware with painted decoration and yellow glaze (Changsha ware), China
Bowl with bird, Stoneware with painted decoration and yellow glaze (Changsha ware), China

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