Yaozhou ware

Mold, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century, Yaozhou ware; stoneware, carved and biscuit-fired; 6.6 × 11.6 cm; Diam.: 11.6 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of The Orientals, 1935.366.  

Bottle, Celadon with carved design of peony scrolls, Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century, Yaozhou ware, w17.3 x h16.8 cm. The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka ; Gift of SUMITOMO Group (The ATAKA Collection). Important Cultural Property of Japan. Photo Photo Kazuyoshi Miyoshi

Foliate Vase, 11th–early 12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960–1126), Yaozhou ware; stoneware with green glaze, 13.3 x 7.3 cm (5 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.), Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore, 1955.4.6 Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery Bibliography: Gordon B. Washburn, Masterpieces of Asian Art in American Collections II, exh. cat. (New York: Intercultural Arts Press, 1970), 82. George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art... [Lire la suite]

Ewer with Phoenixes,  11th–12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127). Stoneware with incised and carved decoration under celadon glaze (Yaozhou ware). H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm). Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, 1926, 26.292.73 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This unique ewer, with its added decoration of a small figure on the handle and its fanciful spout and legs, illustrates the interest in complicated forms found in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in north China.... [Lire la suite]

Plate, China, Song dynasty, c. 1100 - c. 1199, Yaozhou ware. D 19cm × h 4.5cm. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. aozhou ware is characterized by its deeply incised decoration of floral and leaf motifs, with accumulations of green glaze in the grooves. The dense, busy style of decoration on the inside of this bowl became possible only from the 12th century, when potters began to use moulds.

Bowl, China, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Yaozhou ware. H 6.5 cm × d 14.4 cm. Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Another view. Photo © Alain R. Truong Yaozhou ware is characterized by its deeply incised decoration of floral and leaf motifs, with accumulations of green glaze in the grooves. The dense, busy style of decoration on the inside of this bowl became possible only from the 12th century, when potters began to use moulds.

Ewer, Yaozhou ware, Song dynasty, 10th-11th century. Stoneware with carved décor under celadon glaze, 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 6in. (16.5 x 15.9 x 15.2cm). Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 98.126 © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art. Recent excavations confirm that this type of deeply carved stoneware with celadon glaze was made at the Yaozhou kilns in Shanxi province. Freely and boldly carved around the sides with a large peony flower in full bloom, the globular vessel has been covered with a thin, pale green... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl and Stand, Yaozhou ware, Song dynasty, 10th-11th century. Stoneware with persimmon glaze, 1 11/16 x 5 9/16 in. (4.29 x 14.13 cm). Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 2000.39.2 © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art This shallow, conical bowl has an elegantly curled rim and a rich rust-colored glaze that thins to reveal a subtle brown underglaze. Best known during Northern Song for their celadon-glazed stoneware, the Yaozhou kilns in Shanxi province also produced black and russet-glazed vessels like... [Lire la suite]

Covered Bowl, Yaozhou ware, Song dynasty, 11th-12th century. Stoneware with persimmon brown glaze, 4 1/2 x 4 11/16 in. (11.43 x 11.91 cm. Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton 2000.89.3a,b © 2015 All Rights Reserved. Minneapolis Institute of Art This handsomely shaped lidded bowl with vertical slightly inturned walls was a popular ceramic form during the Song dynasty (960-1279). The type was produced at several kilns in a variety of glazes. The subtle color of this brown glazed ware, called kaki(persimmon) by the Japanese, was derived... [Lire la suite]

Dish, incised and glazed stoneware, Yaozhou ware, China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter: 17.5 cm. Bequeathed by Mrs A. C. M. Brownjohn. CIRC.362-1967 © V&A Images.  This dish is an example of the Yaozhou wares typical of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). While the wares produced at the Yaozhou kiln complex enjoyed popularity from the end of the Tang dynasty (618-906) through to the beginning of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), these dishes exhibit the olive green glaze and dense surface... [Lire la suite]