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Bowl in Saggar

Chinese

Artwork Details

Bowl in Saggar
960-1279
Chinese
stoneware with glaze, with refractory stoneware clay saggar
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)
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1971/2.75

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Description

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.

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