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jar
Object Type
jar
Museum number
PDF.322
Description
Cizhou-type stoneware ovoid jar. The jar is cream with dark brown detail. There are three round panels with flower motifs painted on the body. There is an inscription on the exterior.
Cultures/periods
Northern Song dynasty
Daguan
Production date
1107
Production place
Made in:
China
(North)
Materials
stoneware
Ware
Cizhou-type Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
187 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : AD 1107
Room 95 label text: PDF 322 Jar with flowers and inscription This Cizhou ware jar is painted in iron-brown with flowers and with an inscription. The inscription reads: 大觀元年造 (Daguan yuan nian zao 'Made in the first year of the Daguan period'.) The Northern Song dynasty emperor Huizong (reigned 1101-1125) ruled during the Daguan reign period which lasted AD 1107 to AD1110. Stoneware cream coloured slip with iron-brown painting Cizhou ware磁州窯 North China 中國北部 Northern Song dynasty, dated equivalent to AD 1107
PDF 322 白釉褐彩花卉紋銘文罐 此罐器身以鐵褐彩繪花卉紋及銘文,銘文為“大觀元年造”。大觀(1107-1110年)為北宋徽宗(1101-1125年在位)年號。 炻器,米色化妝土,鐵褐彩 磁州窯 中國北方 北宋,紀年為1107年
Bibliographic references
Medley 1980 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ting and Allied Wares
(p.34, no.113)
Riddell 1979 / Dated Chinese Antiquities 600-1650
(p.55, no.26)
Harrison-Hall 2011 / The Taste for Cizhou
Location
On display
(G95/dc12/sh8)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.322