VesselsChinese13th-14th century

Bottle or Vase with Decoration of Blossoming Plum Branches

13th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze, the reserved designs covered with clear glaze over slip-painted details, selected details incised through the brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Century

13th-14th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

20.2 x 11.8 cm (7 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, New York, 1 June 1990, lot 161] sold; to Peter W. Scheinman (1990-2003), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Note: Peter W. Scheinman (b. 1932 - d. 2017)

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