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Pear-Shaped Bottle with Floral Design

Museum No.
GK611

This kind of pear shaped bottle (sometimes called a yuhuchun ping), with a flaring mouth, long slender neck, and ovoid body, was used for serving wine. First, the design was first painted in iron brown and dried. Then the bottle received an overall coating of blackish glaze that resisted the brown design.

China-Song-Jin

Title Pear-Shaped Bottle with Floral Design
Designation
Artist
Category Ceramics (G), Chinese Ceramics
Country China
Period Song Jin
Century 13th~14th
Year
Quantity
Materials stoneware with black glaze and iron brown overglaze decoration
Dimensions Height 26.4cm Mouth diameter 7.1cm Thickness 15.3cm
Inscription by
Signature/Seals Etc
Donor Matsui Hirotsugu
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