Shaoxing or Ningbo kilns
Storage Vessel with Comb-Impressed Decoration
c. 1st century BCE-CE 1st century
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Shaoxing or Ningbo kilns
Storage Vessel with Comb-Impressed Decoration
c. 1st century BCE-CE 1st century
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with remnants of grayish-green glaze, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
1992.23
The thin glaze remaining on the surface of this vessel may have been the result
of kiln ash or dust settling on the surface during firing. After an initial period
of drying, the decorative pattern was pressed into the surface of the jar. In addition
to enhancing its appearance, the impressions facilitated the adherence
of the glaze and the sure handling of the vessel.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1992; Christie's, New York; Anthony R. Derham, New York
Christie's, New York, Sale 7366, 11/27/1991, lot 254, ill.
Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics, Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 5, p. 16, ill. p. 17.
Inscribed: none
