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Details
- Places where the work was made
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Henan Province
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China
Hebei Province → China
- Period
- Yuan dynasty 1279 - 1368 → China
- Date
- late 13th century-14th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with black glaze decoration
- Dimensions
- 23.2 x 29.2 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1965
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- EC3.1965
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Cizhou ware
Works in the collection
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About
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.
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Places
Where the work was made
Henan Province, Hebei Province
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965
The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Apr 2021–13 Jun 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Mr V V W Fretwell, Mr L G Harrison, Ivan McMeekin and J. Hepburn Myrtle (Compilators), Chinese ceramics, Sydney, 1965, 21. cat.no. 41
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Early Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 103 (colour illus.).
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