blue glaze

Bowl, stoneware with blue glaze, Jun ware, China, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th century. Diameter: 18.5 cm. 46-1883. © V&A Images.  This bowl belongs to a type of ceramics known as Jun ware, which was produced in the kilns in Henan province during the Song dynasty (960-1279). The characteristics of Jun ware are a coarse stoneware body and a thickly applied glaze, which through firing became an opalescent blue colour. At the mouth-rim the glaze ran thin, becoming semi-transparent and creating a mushroom colour. ... [Lire la suite]

Bulb-bowl, stoneware with blue glaze, Jun ware, China, Jin-Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century. Height: 9.2 cm, Diameter: 24 cm. C.105-1939. Eumorfopoulos Collection. © V&A Images.  This bulb-bowl belongs to a type of ceramics known as Jun ware. Chinese ceramics are often categorized by the geographical area in which they were made, as the kilns of a particular region usually made only one or two types of ceramics at a given time in history. Jun ware was produced in the kilns of the Henan province and its... [Lire la suite]

Jar with incised decoration of two dragons over blue glaze ground. Chinese, Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period, 1521–66. Porcelain, Jingdezhen ware. Height: .154. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales. 95.680 © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Mark: Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi inside double circle frame in underglaze blue Provenance: Bought of Sichell, Paris.

Altar bowl, stoneware with blue glaze, Jun ware, China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter: 21.7 cm, Height: 9.1 cm. Given by Count Dominic de Grunne. FE.117-1978. Victoria & Albert Museum. © V&A Images This double-walled bowl, dating from the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127), was used to contain fresh water on an altar. It belongs to a type of ceramics known as Jun ware. Chinese ceramics are often categorized by the geographical area in which they were made, as the kilns of a particular... [Lire la suite]