Bottle
1100-1200 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The blue-decorated porcelain from Jingdezhen was highly successful because there was a long tradition of ceramic painting in China. The potters from the Cizhou kilns, for example, had mastered the technique of painted decoration using iron as pigment.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed stoneware painted in brown over cream-coloured slip |
| Brief description | Cizhou ware. Bottle, stoneware with leaf design painted in brown over a cream-coloured slip |
| Physical description | Stoneware bottle, pear-shaped with ovoid body rising to a long neck with spreading mouth, standing on a low foot. Decoration of leaf design painted in brown over a cream-coloured slip under a clear glaze. The lower part of the bottle is unglazed. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | Stoneware vase with flowers in black
Northern China, Cizhou kilns, Jin dynasty, 1100-1200, painted in brown slip
Museum no. Circ.25-1931(2009) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The blue-decorated porcelain from Jingdezhen was highly successful because there was a long tradition of ceramic painting in China. The potters from the Cizhou kilns, for example, had mastered the technique of painted decoration using iron as pigment. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.25-1931 |
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| Record created | January 7, 2009 |
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