Cizhou ware jar

Object Details

• 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)

• Origin

  Shanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Place

  Shanxi province, China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Cizhou ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Iridescence, Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)