Jar
Vase
1050-1125 (made)
1050-1125 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This vase is an example of Ganwa ware, made in the remote kilns of Inner Mongolia during the Liao Dynasty (907-1125). Potters in this remote area were very much influenced by their contemporaries making Cizhou wares in northern China. This vase has many of the characteristics of Cizhou ware in its stoneware body and bold black and white peony design.
Wares such as these were made for everyday use, and so were much more free-spirited in form and surface design than the wares made at the imperial kilns for the very elite, which tended to be more focused on the perfection of the form and firing process.
Wares such as these were made for everyday use, and so were much more free-spirited in form and surface design than the wares made at the imperial kilns for the very elite, which tended to be more focused on the perfection of the form and firing process.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Jar |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, incised |
| Brief description | Jar, stoneware with incised decoration on white slip and black glaze, Ganwa ware, Inner Mongolia, Liao dynasty, late 11th-early 12th century |
| Physical description | Ganwa ware vase, stoneware with incised peony scroll pattern, white slip and black glaze. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Eumorfopoulos Collection |
| Object history | Eumorfopoulos Collection. |
| Production | Ganwa ware from Inner Mongolia (Kerr 2004: 67) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This vase is an example of Ganwa ware, made in the remote kilns of Inner Mongolia during the Liao Dynasty (907-1125). Potters in this remote area were very much influenced by their contemporaries making Cizhou wares in northern China. This vase has many of the characteristics of Cizhou ware in its stoneware body and bold black and white peony design. Wares such as these were made for everyday use, and so were much more free-spirited in form and surface design than the wares made at the imperial kilns for the very elite, which tended to be more focused on the perfection of the form and firing process. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose. Song Dynasty Ceramics. London:V&A Publications, 2004. p. 67, no. 63 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.118-1939 |
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| Record created | June 1, 2005 |
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