VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Small Ewer with Floral Decoration

12th-13th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 10 x Diam. 7.8 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Sotheby's, New York (1991).

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