Bowl Vietnam glazed stoneware with underglaze blue cobalt oxide

Bowl

Vietnam

14th century

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httpswwwmetmuseumorgartcollectionsearch61946 林鐘 Chime Qing for Linzhong 8th note in the 12 note scale dated 1716 China The manufacture of sonorous stones for decoration or music from carved or cut jade may be traced to the end of the late Eastern Zhou period ca 771221 BC and followed in a tradition of L shaped stone chimes known from about 1700 BC The great importance of sonorous substances such as wood and stone among the percussion instruments of East Asia stems from the religious belief that through this vibrating matter nature itself speaks to the human ear Highly polished slabs were decorated with tiger lion or dragon motifs