Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 960 - 1127; Classification(s): stoneware, bowl, throwing, thrown, covered in cream slip and transparent glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991 [C.638-1991]
Description: Bowl.Thinly potted, buff stoneware bowl on ring foot with slightly everted rim and covered in cream slip and transparent glaze.
Slightly rounded sides taper from the everted rim with a deep recessed, flat footrim. The glaze stops in an uneven line above the footrim. The bowl has been stack-fired on five spurs with spurs adhering to the foot, and there are five spur marks inside. Inscription on base in Chinese ink is worn. Stained from burial.