Yuan Dynasty Stem Cup of Cizhou Type
A Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), A Small Cizhou type Stem Cup. Cups of this type in the Irie Collection Chinese Ceramics from The Irie Collection (National Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka. ISBN 4-900502-29-4. 1997) are attributed to the Huozhou kilns in Shanxi province. The present small neatly potted stem cup is of a hard grey stoneware with the upper section covered to the exterior with white slip. The stem has two concentric raised ridges that mirror the iron-oxide decoration above. The footring has five kiln supports still attached. After the end of the Jin dynasty the importance of Northern China as a ceramic production center diminished rapidly. A rare exception is the fine grained white stoneware produced at Huozhou in Shanxi province during the Yuan dynasty. It appears similar to Jiexiu ware but the clay is possibly even whiter and the glaze has a warmer colour. However, it is the firing techniques that clearly distinguish the two wares apart. Huozhou wares are fired on very fine small spurs, and inevitably this leaves tiny marks behind, either in the glaze or on the unglazed footrim. Jiexiu wares are fired on circles of clay wiped clear of glaze so there are no spur marks.
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- Condition
- There is a fine clean crack to the rim (see Photograph Gallery), a few very minor glaze frits to the rim of the bowl.
- Size
- Height : 7.3cm (3 inches). Diameter of the top : 7.1 cm (2 3/4 inches).
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 27286
- References
- For a group of eight stem cups of this type see : Chinese Ceramics from The Irie Collection (National Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka. ISBN 4-900502-29-4. 1997) page 10, plates 53 to 60.
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Huozhou Ware :
After the end of the Jin dynasty the importance of Northern China as a ceramic production center diminished rapidly. A rare exception is the fine grained white stoneware produced at Huozhou in Shanxi province during the Yuan dynasty. It appears similar to Jiexiu ware but the clay is possibly even whiter and the glaze has a warmer colour. However, it is the firing techniques that clearly distinguish the two wares apart. Huozhou wares are fired on very fine small spurs, and inevitably this leaves tiny marks behind, either in the glaze or on the unglazed footrim. Jiexiu wares are fired on circles of clay wiped clear of glaze so there are no spur marks.