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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

1200-1368 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar, with wide ovoid body, short straight neck and wide mouth. Buff stoneware with lustrous brown-black glaze, the ornament formed by cutting away the ground and exposing the buff body. On the sides are two broad bands with chrysanthemum and peony scrolls in front, and scrolls of large leaves at the back. The base is unglazed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with cut-glaze decoration
Brief description
Cizhou ware. Jar, stoneware with cut-glaze decoration; north China, Jin or Yuan dynasty
Physical description
Jar, with wide ovoid body, short straight neck and wide mouth. Buff stoneware with lustrous brown-black glaze, the ornament formed by cutting away the ground and exposing the buff body. On the sides are two broad bands with chrysanthemum and peony scrolls in front, and scrolls of large leaves at the back. The base is unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
Styles
Credit line
Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ayers, John. Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1980, Monochrome Plate No. 109.
Collection
Accession number
C.856-1936

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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