A Song or Jin Jizhou Ware Jar
c.1100 - 1250
A Jizhou Black Glazed Stoneware Jar Southern Song (1127-1279) or Jin (1115-1234). A Stoutly Potted Jar with with Lug Handles and Paper Cut Reserves in the Form of a Flowering Branch. Two Ting Kiln Supports Have Been Left on the base of the jar.
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- Condition
- In excellent condition, minor wear.
- Size
- Height : 11 cm (4 1/4 inches)
- Provenance
- R&G McPherson Antiques The Collection of Mr and Mrs Guy Jones. Label to base
- Stock number
- 24074
- References
- For a Jizhou jar of this type with paper cut reserves against a black ground, in this example the reserves are also undecorated, see : Jizhou Kiln (Wenwu. ISBN 978-7-5010-2172-7) plate 41.
Information
The process used to produce this piece involve cutting a piece of paper to the shape of the flowers and applying it to the surface, the jar is then dipped in a thick iron-oxide rich glaze.