Flower Vase, 12th-13th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Stoneware with black glaze, markings in overglaze iron oxideexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 99.174.1
On View in Gallery 204expand_more
With its elegant fluid shape, lustrous blue-black glaze, and exceptional russet markings, this is a particularly beautiful vessel. Probably inspired by "hare's-fur" markings on Jian ware tea bowls, potters of certain Cizhou kilns in North China had begun by the eleventh century to decorate their black-glazed wares with russet-colored flecks and splashes. Such markings were created by applying an iron-oxide-bearing slip to the vessel surface. Some markings were splashed on the surface and others were created by dipping the vessel in the iron-saturated compound.
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- Title
- Flower Vase
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 99.174.1
- Curator Approved
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