Dish with crackled celadon glaze. Stoneware with celadon glaze. Height: 30 mm. Diameter: 164 mm (Rim). Diameter: 86 mm (Foot ring). Weight: 0.25 kg. Guan ware 官窯. Laohudong, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 杭州市, 老虎洞. Yuan dynasty, about AD 1279–1368. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF 69. British Museum © The Trustees of the British Museum

Guan stoneware dish with shallow, sloping sides and an everted, six-lobed rim. The dish has thick, opaque, yellowish-grey glaze with two layers of crackle, wider stained grey and narrower light brown. There are six round spur marks on the base, which is glazed.

Bibliographic reference: Yorke Hardy, Sheila, Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chun, Kuang-tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1953

Pierson, Stacey, Illustrated catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, University of London, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1999

Pierson, Stacey, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection, London, SOAS, Univeristy of London, 2002