Small Ewer with Floral Decoration
VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Small Ewer with Floral Decoration

12th-13th century

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279
Century
12th-13th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 10 x Diam. 7.8 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Sotheby's, New York (1991).

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