Jizhou ware

Teabowl with Phoenix and Tortoiseshell Glaze, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). Glazed stoneware with paper-cut decoration on interior and tortoise-shell glaze on exterior (Jizhou ware), 12.1 cm. Purchased with the East Asian Art Revolving Fund, 2013. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2013-23-1.  The Jizhou kilns are known for producing the most technically creative types of decoration during the twelfth to thirteenth centuries. To achieve the interior phoenix design of this teabowl, the Jizhou potters employed an innovative... [Lire la suite]

Tea bowl, Tenmoku glaze with leaf design, Southern Song dynasty, 12th century, Jizhou ware, w14.7 x h5.3 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of Sumitomo Group (The Ataka Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi

 'Song: Chinese Ceramics, 10th to 13th Century (part 5)' at Eskenazi, from 10 May to 1 June 2018 © Eskenazi LONDON - Eskenazi will present an exhibition of 20 ceramics of the Song Dynasty from 10 May to 1 June 2018 in London. Widely recognised as the pinnacle of Chinese ceramic art, Song ceramics have been revered for centuries and influenced design worldwide into the 21st century. Echoing the scholar spirit of the Song dynasty and the period’s appreciation for the life force of nature, or qi, the ceramics will be shown... [Lire la suite]

  TAIPEI - The appreciation is a lifestyle, a fashion, an art, and a culture; it is a shared language of tea connoisseurs. The originated in China, and methods of tea making have undergone centuries of change, as have the equipment and the manner in which the tea has been enjoyed. In ancient times, tea was used both to quench the thirst, and also for its perceived medicinal qualities; during the Tang and Song dynasties, it was brewed by boiling then it was sipped gently. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, tea was brewed by... [Lire la suite]

Vase, Song dynasty, 960 CE-1279. Stoneware, 20.0 × 10.6 cm diameter. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria, in memory of George Ewing by Mrs M. E. Cutten, Founder Benefactor, 1979, AS26-1979. © National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Bulbous with trumpet shape mouth, dark brown/black gloss glaze.  Bowl, Song dynasty, 960 CE-1279, Jizhou, Jiangxi province. Jizhou ware, 7.2 × 18.1 cm diameter. Presented by Yamanaka & Co. Ltd, 1939, 4650-D3. © National Gallery... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9144, A Jizhou ware tea bowl, Southern Song dynasty.  Estimate US$ 2,000 - 3,000 (€1,800 - 2,700). Photo Bonhams. Of slightly compressed triangular profile raised atop a nearly flat unglazed foot, the exterior sides of dark chocolate hue flecked in lighter cream colored 'tortoise shell' mottling; the interior cavetto adorned in three papercut decorations surrounded by a variegated buff ground (restored). 4 3/8in (11.2cm) diameter Provenance: Bluett, London, purchased 3 February 1962 ... [Lire la suite]

Vase (Meiping) with Waves, 1200s-1300s, China, Jiangxi province, Yonghezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), glazed stoneware with slip painted decoration, Jizhou ware, Diameter - w:16.70 cm (w:6 9/16 inches)Overall - h:26.30 cm (h:10 5/16 inches). Gifts of J. H. Wade and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade; and purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund by exchange 1980.186, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

Conical Bowl, 1100s, China, Jiangxi province, Ji'an , Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), stoneware with "tortoise shell" glaze, Jizhou ware, Diameter - w:14.80 cm (w:5 13/16 inches)Overall - h:5.40 cm (h:2 1/8 inches). Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.274, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

Incense Burner, Jizhou ware, 13th-14th Century, China, Jiangxi province, Yonghe kilns, Jizhou, Jiangxi, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) - Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), glazed stoneware, Diameter - w:15.20 cm (w:5 15/16 inches)Overall - h:10.40 cm (h:4 1/16 inches). Sundry Purchase Fund 1969.66, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.

Jar, Jizhou Ware, 1200s-1300s, China, Jiangxi province, Jizhou kilns, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) - Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), glazed stoneware with resist and slip-painted decoration, Diameter - w:13.40 cm (w:5 1/4 inches)Overall - h:11.30 cm (h:4 7/16 inches). John L. Severance Fund 1986.14, Cleveland Museum of Art © 2013 Cleveland Museum of Art.