Vase with Prunus Decoration, 12th–13th century. Stoneware with glaze, 10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2021.17.4 (Photo: Image courtesy of the donor., CUR.TL2020.12.4_view01.jpg)
Vase with Prunus Decoration, 12th–13th century. Stoneware with glaze, 10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2021.17.4 (Photo: Image courtesy of the donor., CUR.TL2020.12.4_view02.jpg)
Vase with Prunus Decoration
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Stoneware with glaze
DATES
12th–13th century
DYNASTY
Southern Song dynasty
DIMENSIONS
10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.17.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bottle-shaped vase, with flaring lip, long neck, and pear-shaped body. Glazed on interior and exterior in very dark brown glaze. On two sides of the body are decorations of plum branches (prunus) in unglazed clay biscuit. These motifs are created by applying paper stencils to the surface of the clay before dipping it in the glaze, then removing the paper when the glaze was dry.
Jizhou ware was the product of kilns in the town of Yonghe, in Jian country in Jianxi province. Jizhou wares are most notable for their brown and black glazes and special effects such as tortoise-shell and hares-fur dappling as well as stenciling as seen here. They were particularly prized by Japanese collectors.
The object has been TL tested to determine its age: Kotalla Laboratory, Haigerloch, Germany, Thermoluminescence Report 02B070119 dated 30 January 2019
(840 yrs. + 15.5% years old.)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Vase with Prunus Decoration, 12th–13th century. Stoneware with glaze, 10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2021.17.4 (Photo: Image courtesy of the donor., CUR.TL2020.12.4_view01.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.TL2020.12.4_view01.jpg. Image courtesy of the donor., 2020
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