Ningbo kilns
Yue Ware Globular Jar with Carved and Incised Lotus Leaf Design
1000
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Ningbo kilns
Yue Ware Globular Jar with Carved and Incised Lotus Leaf Design
1000
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with grayish green glaze, 4 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (10.8 × 12.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
2021.68
Yue ware, China's first fine gray stoneware with a thin gray-green glaze, was accepted as tribute by the Imperial Court during the Tang (618-906) and Northern Song (960-1127) dynasties. It was also widely exported. A Ningbo kiln site excavated in 2016 contained several bowls with a similar layered leaf design. The 12th-century kiln produced wares for the court, elite classes, and export to markets including Korea and the Philippines. The Cirebon, a ship that sank in the late 9th to 10th century in the Java Sea in Indonesia, carried nearly 300,000 Yue vessels.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2021; Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C., purchased in Taipei, 1970
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange across East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2024-
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 05/B
