Vessel in the Shape of a Tiger (Huzi)

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 207

In southern China, especially in the coastal provinces of the southeast, pottery with a lime glaze was fired at the high temperature (above 1000 degrees centigrade). The yellowish green color is due to the presence of iron.

Vessel in the Shape of a Tiger (Huzi), Porcelain with green glaze, China

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