Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot
907–60
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot, 907–60. China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60). White stoneware with ivory-white glaze; overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.186 The bowl’s foot-ring is shaped like a Neolithic bi,璧, a flat jade disc with a central circular hole, which had some ritual function.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- White stoneware with ivory-white glaze
- Medium
- white, stoneware, ivory-white, glaze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 2020.186
- Credit Line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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