Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bottle Vase

China

Date

13th century

Medium

Cizhou type ware Stoneware with carved slip decoration under clear glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This type of tall pear-shaped bottle-vase with long neck and flared mouth is called a yuhuchunping by the Chinese. Typically used as a display vase for carefully arranged floral displays, it is one of the most elegant shapes in Chinese ceramics. This example features floral patterns that were carved through the white slip to reveal the contrasting grey of the clay body. This was a common decorative technique at Cizhou kilns in North China during the Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties (11th-14th centuries). More commonly, a dark-brown glaze was carved to reveal a lighter clay body, opposite of the light on dark effect seen here. Asia

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