VesselsChinese12th-14th century

Broad-Shouldered Bottle with Tortoiseshell Glaze

12th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated brown and amber glazes over a white slip ground, the lower portion of the bottle coated with dark russet slip. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Century

12th-14th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 20.0 x Diam. 12.4 cm (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Priestly and Ferraro, London, (by 2003)]. sold; to William B. Goldstein, Wilton, Connecticut. [J.J. Lally & Co.Oriental Art, New York (by 2007), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums.

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