Song Dynasty, according to the collector's inventory

Covered overall with an even glaze of soft sea-green color, except for the foot rim

Dimension: 13cm diameter / weight 225g

Provenance: Purchased in 1969

Exhibited: SEACS label for National Museum Singapore 1978 to base

Condition: Two small chips to foot rim and minor scratching in places, commensurate with age

Inventory: P261

Note: The glaze on the current washer displays the ideal soft bluish-green color, which was so difficult for potters to achieve, but has always been greatly admired by connoisseurs. This particularly fine glaze type is often known by the Japanese name kinuta.