Rain in the mountains: Guilin landscape
Jar
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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Sun Chao is an artist who experiments with a special glaze type called 'crystalline glaze'. The decoration on this jar evokes a scene from the beautiful city of Guilin.
Object details
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| Title | Rain in the mountains: Guilin landscape (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with crystal glaze |
| Brief description | Jar, 'Rain in the mountains: Guilin landscape' by Sun Chao (1929-2024), porcelain with crystal glaze, Taibei, China, 1988 |
| Physical description | Jar of porcelain, squat, globular form with landscape decoration in brown and vibrant blue crystal glaze. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signature incised through the glaze on the base |
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| Object history | Bought by Rose Kerr from the artist and his wife in Taiwan. A very substantial discount offered to the museum by the artist |
| Production | Biographical reference: Articles in 'Free China Review', vol.36, no.3, March 1986 and 'Sinorama', January 1988 Taibei, Taiwan province, CHINA Factory: Tien Shin Art and Pottery Corporation |
| Summary | Sun Chao is an artist who experiments with a special glaze type called 'crystalline glaze'. The decoration on this jar evokes a scene from the beautiful city of Guilin. |
| Bibliographic reference | See biogref |
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| Accession number | FE.7-1989 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2000 |
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