VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Small Circular Wine Bowl with Purple Splashes

12th-13th century

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Jun

Medium

Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings

Culture

Chinese

Period

Jin dynasty, 1115-1234

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

max.: H. 4.3 × Diam. 8.8 cm (1 11/16 × 3 7/16 in.) mouth: Diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.) foot: Diam. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)

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