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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

1100-1250 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jun ware jar with two lug handles, bulbous body. The glaze is tinged with crimson and splashed with green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with pale blue glaze
Brief description
Jun ware. Jar, stoneware with a pale blue glaze; China (Henan province), Northern Song-Jin dynasty, 1100-1250
Physical description
Jun ware jar with two lug handles, bulbous body. The glaze is tinged with crimson and splashed with green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Diameter: 14cm
Styles
Credit line
Given anonymously through Art Fund
Collection
Accession number
C.585-1925

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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