Medium:

Stoneware with iron glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 31.6 x 33.4 cm (12 7/16 x 13 1/8 in)

Style:

Cizhou ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Shanxi province, China

Date:

late 14th-15th century

Period:

Ming dynasty

Description:

Jar: broad ovoid body on low basal ring.

Clay: very hard, dense, white.

Glaze: brilliant black mottled with olive brown; superficial iridescence.

Decoration: engraved in black glaze. Inside glazed in black.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

Topic:

iridescence  Search this

ceramic  Search this

Cizhou ware  Search this

Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

China  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.340

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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