Jun ware dish

Dish: shallow, plain rim, low square-cut foot.
Clay: stoneware, pale grayish buff, brown kiln gloss where exposed.
Glaze: thick, blue-gray, semi-opaque Jun-type ash glaze with some crackle; applied down to foot-rim with some skips, also partial on base.

Historical period(s)
Jin dynasty, 12th-mid 13th century
Medium
Stoneware with Jun glaze
Style
Jun ware
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3.5 x 15.3 x 15.3 cm (1 3/8 x 6 x 6 in)
Geography
China, Henan province
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1977.16
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
China, Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234), Jun ware, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), stoneware
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Dish: shallow, plain rim, low square-cut foot.
Clay: stoneware, pale grayish buff, brown kiln gloss where exposed.
Glaze: thick, blue-gray, semi-opaque Jun-type ash glaze with some crackle; applied down to foot-rim with some skips, also partial on base.

Label

Jun glaze was usually opaque and blue. This dish bears a rare and perhaps early version called "Green Jun," in which the glaze takes on the greenish, crackled appearance of some Yaozhou-type ware, another northern celadon. The shape and heavy stoneware body, however, indicate the dish's origins at a kiln producing Jun ware.

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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