Jar with Double Handles
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Jun wares have a distinctive light-blue opaque glaze, to which potters added splashes of copper oxide that when fired became purple. This complex blue glaze was developed during the Northern Song (960–1127) and Jin dynasties. The best examples were fired twice to create the thick glaze effect; the glaze can be seen pooling at the foot of this vessel, a feature highly prized by collectors. This jar was for daily use, perhaps to hold flowers.
Caption
Jar with Double Handles, 1115–1368. Jun-ware porcelain (porcellaneous stoneware), 6 11/16 x 7 9/16 in. (17 x 19.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bernice and Robert Dickes, 76.176. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.176_bw.jpg)
Collection
Collection
Title
Jar with Double Handles
Date
1115–1368
Dynasty
Jin Dynasty-Yuan Dynasty
Period
Jin to Yuan Dynasty
Geography
Place made: Northern, Henan, China
Medium
Jun-ware porcelain (porcellaneous stoneware)
Classification
Dimensions
6 11/16 x 7 9/16 in. (17 x 19.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice and Robert Dickes
Accession Number
76.176
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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