The Met’s catalogue: a bowl
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogue identifies object 42390 (accession 1980.365) as “Bowl”, assigns the cultural label “China”, gives the material as “Stoneware with white slip and glaze”, and displays the date “9th century”.
What this does and does not establish
A source-attributed catalogue description, not independently established material, identity, origin or exact manufacture date. No image or physical object was inspected. The API gives numeric bounds 800–899 alongside “9th century”; these database bounds are retained without redefining the conventional ordinal-century boundary or claiming exact manufacture in any year.
How it is dated
- In the source
- 9th century; API numeric search bounds 800–899
- How we use it
- Museum catalogue indexing bounds, not exact manufacture dates or proof that an event occurred in every overlapped AD year.
- Method
- No historical calendar conversion. Preserve API numeric bounds as approximate discovery bounds; display label retained independently.
Sources and quoted text
Source 1
Bowl (catalogue record)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Selected catalogue fields (English)
{
"objectID": 42390,
"accessionNumber": "1980.365",
"title": "Bowl",
"culture": "China",
"medium": "Stoneware with white slip and glaze",
"objectDate": "9th century",
"objectBeginDate": 800,
"objectEndDate": 899,
"country": ""
}Reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access Collection API (CC0), object 42390. Retain catalogue attribution, date-label/numeric-bound differences and snapshot verification date. No physical-object inspection is claimed.
Exact source version
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Source checked 2026-11-04. An independent AI evidence review supports this bounded, attributed wording. That review does not guarantee historical truth.
Revision p04_05_2
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