Jar with Applied Handles and Bluish–White Splashes (Northern "splashed" blackware)
Artist
Chinese
, Henan province
Date8th or 9th century, Tang dynasty (618–906)
Mediumstoneware with iron-rich, high-lime glaze and phosphatic suffusions
Dimensions10.8 x 12.2 cm (4 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Henry Jewett Greene
Object number1953.82
Label TextDuring the Tang dynasty, high-quality, utilitarian stoneware was sturdy in form
and austere in color. The vessels were provided, inside and out, with dark matte
glazes tinted with iron. Kilns producing such “blackware” in Henan province,
especially at Huangdao (Jia county) and Duandian (Lushan county), also
became known for their dramatic variant known as “splashed” blackware.
This ovoid jar was first dipped in an iron-rich, brownish-black glaze. Its glazing
was deliberately stopped well above the foot so that the glaze would not run off
and fuse the foot to the kiln furniture. The “splashes” were added by dripping,
pouring or brushing a wood ash-rich mixture onto the raw dark glaze before
firing. During the high-temperature firing (at about 1270–1300ºC in an
oxidizing to neutral atmosphere) and slow cooling, the ash-slag splashes
turned into bluish-white suffusions (yuebaiban). This splashed inglaze decoration
may have inspired the later development of splashed Jun wares in Henan
province (see 2008.47).ProvenanceHenry Jewett Greene, Petersham, MA and Winter Park, FloridaOn View
On viewCurrent Location
- Exhibition Location Gallery 112
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