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

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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.

Unknown, Lidded Jar (Guan) with Floral Scrolls, late Jin dynasty or early Yuan dynasty, about 1200-1300, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury and Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.