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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jar

1050-1150 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of grey stoneware, with horizontal lines and vertical incisions to facilitate handling, partially covered with a transparent glaze over a white slip. The jar is of nearly cylindrical form with slight contraction below the wide mouth and small foot. The lower part of the body is cut away, so as to leave flour ridges contracting successively downwards.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with transparent glaze over white slip
Brief description
Cizhou-type ware. Jar, stoneware with transparent glaze over a white slip, north China, Song dynasty
Physical description
Jar of grey stoneware, with horizontal lines and vertical incisions to facilitate handling, partially covered with a transparent glaze over a white slip. The jar is of nearly cylindrical form with slight contraction below the wide mouth and small foot. The lower part of the body is cut away, so as to leave flour ridges contracting successively downwards.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Style
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co. (25 Camomile Street, EC.), accessioned in 1909. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
from label
Collection
Accession number
C.172-1909

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2009
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