Highlights
The collection of the Röhsska Museum consists of many interesting artefacts. For more than 100 years the museum has collected craft and design objects, and later also fashion and conceptual works. Here we present some of our highlights; artefacts that we are extra proud of!
- Bowl
- Glazed stoneware
- Henan, 960 - 1127
- RKM 95-1926
- Purchased in Stockholm 1926, from the collection of Klas Fåhraeus, sold at Bukowski
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The ceramics collectionThe East Asian collection
- On display in Inspiration East Asia Room 1
- Description
- Exhibition history
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- EXTRA MATERIAL
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Ru ware. Used for washing writing brushes.
Northen Song dynasty 960–1127
Qingliangsi is about 150 km south-east of Kaifeng and belonged to northern Song Ruzhou, thus the name Ru Yao. Until the Song court moved south in 1127, Ru Yao ware was produced there and supplied only to the emperor’s court in Kaifeng. This bowl is typical of the exquisite Ru stoneware, where the thick, undecorated glaze’s shining blue-green colour and its beautiful, irregular cracks on the typically simple but elegant design reflect the importance of aesthetics.
Ceramics from the Song Dynasty have long been considered particularly exclusive. From Ru Yao, the most famous kiln of the Song Period, as well as the rarest and widely considered the best in the world; there are only around 100 known artefacts. Two of these are at Röhsska Museum in Göteborg, where they are two masterpieces in the museum’s Oriental collection.