Vase, carved and glazed, with ovoid body on an expanding foot ring, and a long neck terminating in a saucer-like rim. The body is of buff-colored stoneware covered glaze. Incised lily petals decorate the shoulder and lower body, and a bold frieze of peony blossoms, cut through to the buff ground, surrounds the central portion of the vase.

Vase, early 11th century

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Manufactured during the tenth and eleventh centuries, vessels such as this decorated with deeply carved peony ornament are amongst the earliest of Cizhou type wares. The most striking shapes include a small group of five tall vases with long, narrow necks, high shoulders, and a large dish-shaped mouth, of which this is one.

Distinctly shaped and elegant, all five vases display similar peony and scrolling leaf ornament distributed in three bands around the widest part of the body. Plain white vases of this shape have been excavated from Liao (907-1125) tombs at Da Ying Zi Sun, Chi Fengxian in Liaoning Province dated 959.

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Title
Vase
Role
Artist
Dimension
H.17-1/4 in.
Accession Number
50.2
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Vase, carved and glazed, with ovoid body on an expanding foot ring, and a long neck terminating in a saucer-like rim. The body is of buff-colored stoneware covered glaze. Incised lily petals decorate the shoulder and lower body, and a bold frieze of peony blossoms, cut through to the buff ground, surrounds the central portion of the vase.