Lobed Food Storage Jar
901-1099
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Lobed Food Storage Jar
901-1099
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with white glaze over white slip, 4 1/8 H x 6 5/16 Diam. in. (10.5 x 16 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Ballentine, Baltimore
Object Number
1997.272
Slip, a water-thinned and carefully processed clay, was used to coat ceramic bodies and create a relatively smooth, white surface beneath the glaze.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1997; Dr. Robert Ballentine, Baltimore (acquired by donor in early 1940's?); Ralph M. Chait, New York
Asian Reinstallation: Home, Temple, Tomb
Asian Gallery Rotations 2021
Asian Gallery Rotations 2022
Asian Gallery Rotations 2023
Lu Yaw, 'Song Ceramics,' National Museum, Singapore, May-June 1983; Hebei squat jar, Northern Song, 9.5 H x 10.5 Diam. cm.
Ulrich Wiesner, 'Chinesische Keramik Meisterwerke aus Privatsammlungen,' Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, no. 35, p. 65; 11th century Cizhou jar, 12 cm. H.
Ulrich Wiesner, 'Chinesische Keramik Meisterwerke aus Privatsammlungen,' Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, no. 35, p. 65; 11th century Cizhou jar, 12 cm. H.
Inscribed: ON BOTTOM: paper label, 'R/C / No. 6358 / CHINA'
