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Lidded Jar (Guan) with Floral Scrollslate Jin dynasty or early Yuan dynasty, about 1200-1300

Not on view
Ceramic lidded jar with a cream ground and bold black-brown slip-painted peony and leaf decoration, with incised line details throughout
Ceramic covered jar with globular form, cream ground decorated with bold cut-glaze floral scrollwork in deep black, featuring large peony blossoms and leafy tendrils; domed lid with matching black foliate design.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Lidded Jar (Guan) with Floral Scrolls
Place Made
China, probably Henan Province
Date Made
late Jin dynasty or early Yuan dynasty, about 1200-1300
Medium
Cizhou ware type, wheel-thrown stoneware with cream glaze and wax-resist and carved black overglaze decoration
Dimensions
Height: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Diameter: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury and Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund
Accession Number
M.52.3.1a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Trubner, Henry. Chinese Ceramics: From the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1952.