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Melon-Shaped Ewer, 11th or 12th century

Chinese

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Culture
Chinese
Date
11th or 12th century
Period
Song dynasty (960–1279)
Medium
Porcelain with pale greenish blue glaze (Qingbai ware)
Classification
Ceramic
Dimensions
H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Diam. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Accession number
AG 1976.01
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Credit: Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson

Qingbai ware, prized for its elegant restraint, was produced near the great ceramic center of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, in south China. These delicate porcelains are distinguished by a clear, bluish white glaze over incised, combed, or molded decoration. On this ewer, a broad band of lightly incised floral scrolls within a field of freely combed lines adorns the body and shoulder.

Provenance

Provenance

(N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York), by1973;

purchased by Ruth Carter Stevenson (b. 1923), Fort Worth, 1973;

acquired by Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson, 1976.