Jizhou kilns
Bowl Decorated with Plum Branch and Crescent Moon
13th century
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with black and brown glazes, 2 1/8 × 4 9/16 in. (5.4 × 11.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
2021.83
Branches of flowering plum paired with the moon was a popular image that evoked both the promise of renewal and the briefness of existence.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2021; Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C. by purchase,1958; [unidentified source] Tokyo
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
