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

Bowl

1200-1300 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jun ware grey bodied porcellaneous stoneware bowl of conical shape standing on a small footrim with the sides slightly contracted at the lip. Covered inside and out with a pale lavender-blue glaze which stops short of the footrim which, together with the surrounding area has burnt brownish-buff. One purple splash on the interior of the bowl. The glaze has run thin around the rim of the bowl and burnt a pale brownish-buff.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Jun ware. Bowl, stoneware with a pale lavender-blue glaze; China (Henan province)
Physical description
Jun ware grey bodied porcellaneous stoneware bowl of conical shape standing on a small footrim with the sides slightly contracted at the lip. Covered inside and out with a pale lavender-blue glaze which stops short of the footrim which, together with the surrounding area has burnt brownish-buff. One purple splash on the interior of the bowl. The glaze has run thin around the rim of the bowl and burnt a pale brownish-buff.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
  • Diameter: 17.5cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs B. Z. Seligman
Bibliographic references
  • Ayers, John G. Chinese and Korean pottery and porcelain, Seligman collection of Oriental art, London : Lund Humphries, Vol. II, 1964, D96.
  • Sung dynasty wares : Chün and brown glazes : catalogue of an exhibition, London : Oriental Ceramic Society, 1952 163
Collection
Accession number
FE.169-1974

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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