VesselsChinese14th-17th century

Flat-Shouldered Jar with Four Loop-holes at Neck and with Decoration of a Figure Standing in a Garden

1368-1644

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze brown slip on a white slip ground, with details touched on the surface of the clear glaze in russet-brown slip and olive-green glaze in localized areas, the unglazed lowest portion finished with dark brown glaze

Culture

Chinese

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Century

14th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 31.7 x Diam. 19.7 cm (12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)

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