Accession Number
1997/1.248

Title
Residue Jar

Artist(s)
Chinese

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
16th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with glaze

Dimensions
9 1/2 in x 10 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in (24.13 cm x 26.04 cm x 26.04 cm)

Credit Line
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Subject matter
A zha dou (渣斗) residue jar from the Shiwan (石湾) kilns of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).  

This jar form, a zha dou (渣斗) "residue jar," or bone collecting pot, is based off of a spitoon and was common table-ware from the Song dynasty (960-1279) through the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).  It is from the Shiwan kilns in Foshan, which were active from the Song to the Ming dynasties and specialized in lustrous mottled, flambe, and crystalline blue, red-purple, and black glazes.  

Physical Description
A stoneware vessel form with a squat, wide globular body narrowing slightly for a tall, wide flaring trumpet neck on a footring.  It is covered in a dark blue mottled glaze. 

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
jar

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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