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Artist name:

Chinese



Artwork title:

Martaban


Description: Small cylindrical martaban; lid missing; buff-coloured heavy stoneware body; flat base which is concave towards the centre; no footrim; a row of low relief applied dots around the edge of the shoulder. The interior is covered with brown slip; the exterior with a brilliant copper-green glaze which is slightly mottled and terminated about 1 cm above the footrim; the mouth and tip rim of the shoulder are without glaze.

Artwork date(s): 2nd half Ching dynasty
Artwork type: Eastern Collection
Medium: glazed ceramic
Measurements: H:230 Diam:200
Accession number: 520

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