Collection
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China
- Title
- Flask
- Place of origin
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China
- Period
- Liao dynasty 907 - 1125 → China
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware with yellow glaze
- Dimensions
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36.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr. Peter Elliott 2004
- Accession number
- 156.2004
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Of elongated proportion and exquisite potting, the flask is slender and elegant. It is an ovoid body surmounted on one side by a straight cylindrical neck that opens up to an everted rolled mouth. From the neck the rope-shaped handle sweeps down in a curve to the shoulder on another side. The body tapers down towards a spreading foot ring. A rich yellow glaze is applied to the flask to just short of the foot. This form of ceramic was popular during the Liao dynasty (907-1125), established by the Khitan, an ethnic group in northern China. It was essentially an imitation of a kind of leather water vase 'pinanghu' used by the Khitan.'
Asian Art Department, 27 April 2004.
