Melon-Form Wine Bottle
1200
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with incidental ash glaze, 14 3/4 × 8 in. (37.5 × 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
2017.225
This striking form possess great presence as an object: lobed, its rounded shoulders taper and narrow before flaring outward slightly giving the foot greater stability. Ash from the wood-fired kiln settled on the surface of the vessel, resulting in an accidental and partial glaze coating. The small mouth reduced evaporation of the contents, while the body’s shape allowed the bearer’s hands a better grasp of the bottle.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase 2017; Kang Collection Korean Art, New York; Mihe Jo, Los Angeles, by gift from her father, 1968; Jonghwan Jeong, Busan, South Korea
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of art, "Across East Asia: China's Cultural & Artistic Legacy," October 30, 2019-December 31, 2023.
