Jun ware bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, low, slightly flaring foot; hair crack (approx. 1") at lip.

  Clay: light buff stoneware.

  Glaze: light blue, thick, opalescent. Body color shows where thin on lip. Some streaking outside. Covers to foot and inside on base. Unglazed foot has brown kiln gloss. A few dark inclusions inside; a few pin-holes and glaze skip outside.

  With carved rosewood stand (b).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Ceramics: 10th–13th Century (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2015)

• Origin

  Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Avent

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Place

  China, Henan province

• Topic

  Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Art, Jun ware, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)