Minneapolis Institute of Art

Double gourd-shaped ewer

China

Date

12th century

Medium

Jun ware Porcelaneous stoneware with light blue glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The beginning of Jun ware is uncertain, but a large quantity of kilns excavated near the ancient site of the Northern Song capital of Kaifeng in today's Henan province indicates that it began sometime during the Northern Song period (960-1127). Although originally an imperial ceramic, the great demand for the richly glazed blue ware resulted in kiln sites being established throughout China and its popularity continued at least through the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368). The double gourd shape of this ewer however is extremely rare in Jun ware and only a few are known. Asia

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