Jar
Gallery Location
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China
Medium
Wheel-thrown stoneware with metallic rust paint and glaze
Geography
China
Date
early 12th-13th century AD
Period
Jin-Yuan Dynasty
Dimensions
15.9 x 20.6 cm
Object number
990.201.6
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Herman H. Levy
Cataloguer
Patricia Proctor
ROM Staff 1971-2015
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Wide-mouthed; sides rounded smoothly out from low incined foot and then swell before rounding in to shoulder; low neck with rolled rim; shallow slightly convex base; interior rounded down to flat bottom. Light buff stoneware with lustrous black glaze on all but footrim and broad cut ring in interior bottom; a few scattered glaze flaws and pits on one side. Painted decoration in metallic rust: exterior with two stylized flowers.Wide-mouthed; sides rounded smoothly out from low incined foot and then swell before rounding in to shoulder; low neck with rolled rim; shallow slightly convex base; interior rounded down to flat bottom. Light buff stoneware with lustrous black glaze on all but footrim and broad cut ring in interior bottom; a few scattered glaze flaws and pits on one side. Painted decoration in metallic rust: exterior with two stylized flowers.
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