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Cizhou kilns

Covered Wine Jar with Painted Peonies and Inscription

1114-1233

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Covered Wine Jar with Painted Peonies and Inscription

Cizhou kilns

Covered Wine Jar with Painted Peonies and Inscription

Cizhou kilns

Covered Wine Jar with Painted Peonies and Inscription

1114-1233

Physical Qualities Stoneware with black painting under green lead glaze, 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) H
Credit Line Given in Honor of Sally and Decatur Miller by their Family and Friends
Object Number 2017.141
The eight-character inscription dedicates this precious vessel to Mr. Lin, an official from Jinan in China's Shandong Province who lived nearly 1,000 years ago.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2017; J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 2006
"Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art," Christie's, NY, New York, March 19, 2009, lot 700.
Collection installation, "Asia.The Art & Business of Writing", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
"Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art," New York: Christie's, 2009, lot 700.

Inscribed: The 8-character inscription may be read as 濟南林公評事金斗 (Jinan Lin gong Pingshi jin dou).

Kiln (probably Guantai)

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2000–2000

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