Yuzhou kilns
Cizhou-ware Bottle with Figural Decoration
1299-1469
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with iron decoration on white slip under turquoise glaze, 10 1/4 H x 5 3/4 Diam. in. (26 x 14.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.1432
This small-mouthed bottle would have contained wine, oil or a fermented
sauce. It is decorated with three shaped frames containing fluidly painted
subjects: a dancer, a rabbit, and a stork.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1988; Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Art Across Asia: West Asian Connections," July 21, 2017 [Asian gallery rotation]
