The dramatic blue splash over the brown glaze on this bottle prefigures the use of copper to create similar designs in later ceramics, particularly Jun ware produced in Henan Province in north China from the ninth to the fifteenth century.
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唐 鈞窯瓷扁壶
Title:Flask
Period:Tang dynasty (618–907)
Date:9th century
Culture:China
Medium:Stoneware with splashed glaze (Jun ware)
Dimensions:H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Menke, 1972
Object Number:1972.274
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Menke , Rye, NY (until 1972; donated to MMA)
Valenstein, Suzanne G. A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975, pl. 31.
Suzanne G. Valenstein. "Highlights of Chinese Ceramics." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 33, no. 3, Autumn 1975. pl. 13.
Valenstein, Suzanne G., Julia Meech, and Marilyn Jenkins. Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. vol. 12, limited ed. ed., Tokyo: Kōdansha International Ltd., 1977, color pl. 11.
Meech, Julia -Pekarik, Suzanne G. Valenstein, and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina. Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. vol. 11, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1982, p. 159, color pl. 6.
Howard, Kathleen, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983, p. 265, fig. 54.
Barnhart, Richard M. (Introduction). The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asia. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987, p. 59, pl. 33.
Suzanne G. Valenstein. A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, color pl. #7.
Burn, Barbara, ed. Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993, p. 180.
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