Jar
1450-1550 (made)
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A baluster jar with thick green glaze on a grey body which has burnt red where exposed. Neck cut down almost to the shoulder, and chamfered base ring unglazed. Decorated with an applied relief of a peony scroll around the shoulder and a band of carved petal panel above the foot.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with applied reliefs and carved decoration under celadon glaze |
| Brief description | Longquan ware. Jar, stoneware with applied reliefs and carved decoration under celadon glaze; China (Zhejiang) |
| Physical description | A baluster jar with thick green glaze on a grey body which has burnt red where exposed. Neck cut down almost to the shoulder, and chamfered base ring unglazed. Decorated with an applied relief of a peony scroll around the shoulder and a band of carved petal panel above the foot. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs B. Z. Seligman |
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| Bibliographic reference | Ayers, John G. Chinese and Korean pottery and porcelain, Seligman collection of Oriental art, London : Lund Humphries, Vol. II, 1964, D182. |
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| Accession number | FE.185-1974 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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