Meiping Bottle with Plum Branch Decor, 13th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Jizhou ware Stoneware with decoration reserved in the bisquit against a dark-brown glazeexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2001.137.1
On View in Gallery 204expand_more
Probably used for storing wine, vinegar, soy sauce and other liquids during the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1280-1368) dynasties, meiping bottles such as this came to be favored in later periods as vases for cut branches of flowering plum as the term, meiping ("plum bottle" or "plum vase") implies. In fact, the term meiping does not appear in pre-Qing (1644-1912) texts.
This elegant example of Jizhou stencil decoration displays a cut branch of flowering plum on each side of the bottle. The details of the pistils were brushed in with brown slip on the bisquit reserve and, as was typical in this technique, the resist portions of the design were coated with a thin application of clear glaze for protection.
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- Meiping Bottle with Plum Branch Decor
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- 2001.137.1
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