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

Jar, depressed globular with wide mouth. Buff stoneware with floral design painted in rust-brown on brown-black glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, painted, glazed
Brief description
Black ware. Jar, stoneware with floral design painted in rust-brown on brown-black glaze; north China, Jin dynasty
Physical description
Jar, depressed globular with wide mouth. Buff stoneware with floral design painted in rust-brown on brown-black glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Diameter: 27.3cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Sir Frank Brangwyn, R.A.
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, Colour Plate No. 26
Collection
Accession number
C.397-1940

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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