Vase
1200-1400 (made)
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Cizhou wares are stonewares made all over northern China. They were seen as 'popular ' wares, not fine enough for use at court. Although not as widely exported as other wares, they share features with contemporary Korean and Middle Eastern ceramics. Cizhou wares also appealed to Japanese taste and found favour in the West in the 20th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed stoneware with incised decoration |
| Brief description | Cizhou-type ware. Meiping vase, stoneware with incised decoration under brown glaze |
| Physical description | Vase, of meiping form with high rounded shoulder tapering to the foot, short neck with a small cup-shaped mouth. Stoneware with incised decoration under a translucent brown glaze. On the body a broad band of large stylised flowers and foliage against a hatched ground, below are overlapping leaves, and a band of angular fret on the shoulder. The base is unglazed |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee |
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| Summary | Cizhou wares are stonewares made all over northern China. They were seen as 'popular ' wares, not fine enough for use at court. Although not as widely exported as other wares, they share features with contemporary Korean and Middle Eastern ceramics. Cizhou wares also appealed to Japanese taste and found favour in the West in the 20th century. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hobson, R.L.The George Eumorfopoulos collection; catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian pottery and porcelain. London: E. Benn, 1925-28, Vol. III, C. 396 |
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| Accession number | C.937-1935 |
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| Record created | December 31, 2008 |
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