Cizhou ware
(China)
- Title
- Jar
- Place of origin
-
Henan Province →
China
Hebei Province → China
- Period
- Yuan dynasty 1279 - 1368 → China
- Year
- late 13th century-14th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with black glaze decoration
- Dimensions
-
23.2 x 29.2cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Accession number
- EC3.1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The most varied in shape and decorative techniques of the northern kiln wares were those of Cizhou, a diverse group of stonewares produced at a very large number of kilns distributed over the provinces of Henan and Hebei. Predominantly a monochrome ware glazed white, black or brown, the types of decoration include engraving or incising through a slip, the so-called cut-away design (when the slip is cut away to leave the design in the positive on the bare body) and painting over a slip. The potteries employed fine draughtspeople and in addition to slip decoration they occasionally used low-fired coloured glazes for decoration. This jar is a charming and unusual example.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.103.
- Bibliography (2)
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Mr V V W Fretwell (Australia) (Compilator), Mr L G Harrison (Australia) (Compilator), Ivan McMeekin (Australia, b.1919, d.1993) (Compilator), J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Compilator), Chinese ceramics, Sydney, 1965, 21. cat.no. 41
'Early Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 103 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
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Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965.
