Accession Number
1971/2.75

Title
Bowl in Saggar

Artist(s)
Chinese

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
960-1279

Medium & Support
stoneware with glaze, with refractory stoneware clay saggar

Dimensions
4 15/16 in x 10 3/8 in x 10 3/8 in (12.6 cm x 26.4 cm x 26.4 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection

Subject matter
This jun ware (钧窑 jun yao) bowl is of the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

Physical Description
This conical bowl on a straight footring is covered in a pale blue opaque glaze with a copper purple splash to the interior rim and side-wall. It is fused to the stoneware saggar in which it was fired, with cracks to the saggar.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Jun (Chinese ceramics style)
bowl
bowls (vessels)
stoneware (pottery)