VesselsChinese13th-14th century

'Meiping' Bottle with Stylized Floral Decor

13th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns at 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

H. 28.4 x Diam. 16 cm (11 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Christie's, New York

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