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

Jar

1279-1368 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jun ware jar of stoneware, with a thick lavender-blue glaze suffused with purple and yellow. Of narrow ovoid shape with narrow mouth and low lip. Base recessed, the edge clear of glaze showing the brownish-buff body.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, glazed
Brief description
Jun ware. Jar, stoneware with thick lavender-blue glaze; China (Henan province)
Physical description
Jun ware jar of stoneware, with a thick lavender-blue glaze suffused with purple and yellow. Of narrow ovoid shape with narrow mouth and low lip. Base recessed, the edge clear of glaze showing the brownish-buff body.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by F. E. Colthurst
Collection
Accession number
C.41-1946

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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