The edges have been dipped in four places with brown, probably iron-oxide. The well of the bowl is freely painted in green and coffee coloured brown.
Period : Late Tang Dynasty
Production Date : Circa 830
Made in : Hunan province
Found/Acquired : Indonesia, Belitung Island
Size : 20.0cm (Diameter)
Condition : Good (Flaking of Brown glaze to the rim, it is typical Changsha trait.)
Reference :
1) Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art <Tang Dynasty Changsha Ceramic> by Liu Yang
https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10Liu.pdf
2) Christies Hongkong 4 OCT 2016 - The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art - Lot 90 (Price realised : HKD 75,000 / Type : Closely related)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6022927
3) Christies Hongkong 23 MAY – 6 JUN 2023 - Pavilion Online – Chinese Art - Lot 3208 (Price range : HKD 80,000 - HKD 120,000 / Type : Closely related)
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/pavilion-online-chinese-art/changsha-polychrome-decorated-bowl-3208/183279
* The Belitung Ship Changsha Ware
The Belitung wreck held three main types of Chinese "wares" in the form of bowls: Changsha ware (produced in kilns in Tongguan), the majority of the items, were originally packed in either straw cylinders or "Dusun" storage jars; White-ware, manufactured in the Ding kilns and including the earliest known intact underglaze blue and white dishes; and Yue ware from Zhejiang Province.
The wreck has given archaeologists two major discoveries: the biggest single collection of Tang dynasty artefacts found in one location outside of China, the so-called "Tang Treasure"; and the Arabian dhow, which gives a new insight into the trade routes between China and the Middle East during that period.
References : Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck(Book by Natali Pearson), Photo by Michael Flecker
