Ovoid Jar (guan)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Dynasty
- Qing dynasty, 1644–1911
- Period
- Kangxi period, 1662–1722
- Date
- early 18th century
- made in
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, Asia
- Classification
- Ceramics, containers
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 230
- Dimensions
- height: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
diameter of mouth: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
diameter of body: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
diameter of foot: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) - Credit Line
- Spink Asian Art Collection, Bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 224:2014
NOTES
This oval jar with broad shoulders and wide mouth presents an elegant, minimal form and a subtle, metallic, brownish-black glaze. The glaze is of the “saturated-iron” type, in which the iron separates from the glaze base during firing. The rust color then developed as the iron re-oxidized and crystallized on the cooling surface of the jar.
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