Jar
1600-1700 (made)
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Jar of grey stoneware, covered with a crackled brown glaze. Semi-ovoid body marked with pronounced horizontal ridges, sharply curved shoulder, wide flanged mouth, the upper surface of which has been ground down.
From the Shaowu Sidu kilns in Fujian. Similar jars found in Taiwan. Originally a white ware, this one under-fired.
From the Shaowu Sidu kilns in Fujian. Similar jars found in Taiwan. Originally a white ware, this one under-fired.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, glazed |
| Brief description | Jar, stoneware with brown glaze, China, 17th century |
| Physical description | Jar of grey stoneware, covered with a crackled brown glaze. Semi-ovoid body marked with pronounced horizontal ridges, sharply curved shoulder, wide flanged mouth, the upper surface of which has been ground down. From the Shaowu Sidu kilns in Fujian. Similar jars found in Taiwan. Originally a white ware, this one under-fired. |
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| Object history | Acquired in Brunei. |
| Production | Li Jianan's opinion 10/11/2009 |
| Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.118, pl.169 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.179-1914 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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