Large wine jar

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 205

The inscription reads:
Top line:
三六學仕攤[貪]盃懶[攬]去登瀛州[洲]，二四神仙醉後不知歸
洞府
Eighteen scholars, in the thrall of their [wine] cups, are too lazy to ascend Yingzhou [to serve as officials]. Eight immortals, once they are drunk, know not how to return to their grottoes.

Bottom line:
紫府瓊漿，瑤池玉夜[液]
Sweet wine of the Purple Abode, jade liquor of the Jasper Lake.

Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China

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Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China
Large wine jar, Stoneware painted and inscribed in dark brown on white ground (Cizhou ware), China

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