Small Bowl with Melon-shaped Body (Cizhou ware)
Date11th or 12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)
Mediumstoneware coated with white slip and dark slip-pigment tinted by magnetic iron oxide, under a transparent, low-lime glaze
Dimensions6.7 x 10.8 cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
Object number1958.41
DescriptionBown in Cizhou stoneware. Light gray, melon shaped divided into 13 lobes; 13 dark brown spots on shoulder, 6 on lip.Label TextCizhou ware is a general term for the popular utilitarian ceramics produced at a variety of kilns surrounding Cizhou, Hebei province near the border shared with Henan province. During the Northern Song period and later, Cizhou ware was widely used by middle class bureaucrat and merchant families. The stoneware bodies of Cizhou ware are gray or buff and somewhat coarse. In order to camouflage its rustic body, this Cizhou bowl was dipped in a white porcelain-clay slip. Brownish-black dots of slip, mainly colored with magnetic iron oxide (magnetite), were also added. Finally, the vessel was covered with a thin, transparent low-lime glaze and fired in an oxidizing-to-neutral atmosphere at high temperatures of about 1240–1290ºC.ProvenancePurchased from Parke-Bernet, New York, from the sale of the collection of the late Bertram S. Boggie, NY.
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11th or 12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)
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12th or early 13th century, Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
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late 11th century –early 12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
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Late Yuan dynsaty (1279–1368)
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Late Northern Song Dynasty (1042–1127)