Jun kilns
Heart-Shaped Shard
13th century
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with blue glaze with red splash, 7.1 cm. high
Credit Line
Gift of Laurance P. and Isabel S. Roberts, Baltimore
Object Number
2000.350.1
After the application of a thick glaze, a copper pigment was brushed on the vessel before it was fired. The appeal of blue jun glazes, whether or not enhanced by red, may be appreciated by the number of shards which were collected and sometimes framed for display.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2000; Laurance and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "An Artist's Fresh Glaze," April 30 - November 4, 2012.
