Jingdezhen kilns
Vase
Mid-late 18th century
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with red transmutation glaze, 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. W. Lehman Guyton, Cockeysville, Maryland
Object Number
2011.357
“Jun Red” is a term still used by Jingdezhen kilns to describe shiny red porcelains. Whereas a blue jun ware tea bowl might be decorated with a splash of red, this red vase has a blue rim which was an accidental and optical effect not deliberately intended.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Dr. William Guyton, Cockeysville, MD
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "An Artist's Fresh Glaze," April 30 - November 4, 2012.
