Bowl with “Oil-Spot” Design

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 205

“Oil-spot” decoration is created by applying an iron-rich slip to the stoneware body of a vessel and then covering the slip with an iron-rich glaze. During firing, the glaze melts and separates and an iron-rich layer forms that bubbles to the top to create the dramatic and lush design.

Bowl with “Oil-Spot” Design, Stoneware with iron-oxide slip and glaze (Cizhou-type ware), China

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Bowl with “Oil-Spot” Design, Stoneware with iron-oxide slip and glaze (Cizhou-type ware), China
Bowl with “Oil-Spot” Design, Stoneware with iron-oxide slip and glaze (Cizhou-type ware), China
Bowl with “Oil-Spot” Design, Stoneware with iron-oxide slip and glaze (Cizhou-type ware), China

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