VesselsChinese13th-14th century

Compressed Globular Bottle with Long Neck and Decoration of Rolling Waves

13th-early 14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Painted Jizhou ware: very light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip. 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

18.5 x 10.2 cm (7 5/16 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's, London

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