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The dramatic, abstract design may be read as alluding to birds or plants, motifs characteristically found on ceramics produced in a wide range of kilns in northern China.
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Title: Jar with Abstract Decoration
Period: Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Date: late 12th–early 13th century
Culture: China
Medium: Stoneware painted with iron oxide over black glaze
Dimensions: H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1999
Object Number: 1999.194
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