Ge ware
(China)
- Title
- Tripod vessel
- Other titles:
- Incense burner, tripod vessel
- Place of origin
-
Zhejiang Province →
China
- Period
- Southern Song 1127 - 1279 → Song dynasty 960 - 1279 → China
- Year
- 13th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with crackled glaze
- Dimensions
-
7.5 x 9.8cm; 9.5cm diam. of rim
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of Kenneth Myer 1993
- Accession number
- 584.1993
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Further information
Popular among the Song court bureaucracy were ceramics with the appearance of 'crazing' (fine lines produced by the shrinking of the glaze in the kiln) in their thick glaze, enhanced by rubbing ink into the cracks. Wares such as this, known as Ge wares, are thought to have been produced at the Longquan kilns, probably only from the Yuan and early Ming periods, although traditionally they are considered a Song ware.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.107.
- Bibliography (1)
-
'Early Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 107 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994.
