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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ovoid Bottle with Small Mouth with Decoration of Three Stylized Birds in Flight
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Ovoid Bottle with Small Mouth with Decoration of Three Stylized Birds in Flight

Artist Unknown
CultureChinese | Song Dynasty
Date10th century-13th century
MediumStoneware | Cizhou-type ware | Light-gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze brown slip
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.180
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DescriptionGlobular bodied bottle has small neck which looks like a miniature bowl. High shoulders taper to foot with recessed, glazed base. Foot rim slightly rounded, body buff brown. Glaze is a lustrous black with brown speckles; design on shoulders of three large stylized birds in iron brown slip.