Bottle

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

ASIA.1979.143

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ASIA.1979.143

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese

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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Chinese

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Chinese

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Bottle

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Bottle

Title

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View:

Full view

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Full view

View

false

Creation Date:

Northern Song period, late 11th-early 12th century

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Northern Song period, late 11th-early 12th century

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

1067

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1067

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1133

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1133

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Stoneware with slip and trailed slip under glaze (Cizhou ware)

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Stoneware with slip and trailed slip under glaze (Cizhou ware)

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Ceramics

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Ceramics

Classification Term

false

Creation Place:

North China

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North China

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); D. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)

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H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); D. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

Asia Society

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Asia Society

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1979.143

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1979.143

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection

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Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.asiasociety.org

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<a href="http://www.asiasociety.org"target="_new">http://www.asiasociety.org</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Ceramics made in China during the Song period (960-1279) are among the most influential and revered in the world: they are noted for their elegant, simple shapes, lush glazes, and lively designs. These ceramics are admired in part because of the complicated and varied technologies used in their manufacture. Song ceramics are categorized into wares that often take the names of their areas of production. Cizhou wares, such as the bottle illustrated here, are typically thickly potted, boldly decorated ceramics made for popular consumption. The Cizhou kilns were located in Ci Prefecture, Hebei Province, but this type of ware was also made in many kilns throughout Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces. The most common decoration of Cizhou ware consists of bold black-and-white patterns. However, the kilns producing Cizhou ware were also responsible for the production of ceramics with dark brown, dark blue, and black glazes. These wares are generally known as "northern black wares" or "Henan black wares" to distinguish them from similar but more famous ceramics made in southern China. These northern black wares, of which this bottle is an example, were widely distributed and used.

The unctuousness of the dark glaze covering this bottle, which dates to the late 11th or early 12th century, is typical of the glaze used to cover northern black wares. The truncated shape is unique to Song-period ceramics and is found in many types of wares. The method of decorating this bottle is similar to that found in other Cizhou wares: the light gray body was first covered with a brown slip, then decorative ribs were added by trailing lines of thick, white slip down the surface of the vessel. Finally, the bottle was covered with a thin, light brown glaze that appears almost black where it is densest. This blackness is a result of the iron in the glaze.

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Ceramics made in China during the Song period (960-1279) are among the most influential and revered in the world: they are noted for their elegant, simple shapes, lush glazes, and lively designs. These ceramics are admired in part because of the complicated and varied technologies used in their manufacture. Song ceramics are categorized into wares that often take the names of their areas of production. Cizhou wares, such as the bottle illustrated here, are typically thickly potted, boldly decorated ceramics made for popular consumption. The Cizhou kilns were located in Ci Prefecture, Hebei Province, but this type of ware was also made in many kilns throughout Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces. The most common decoration of Cizhou ware consists of bold black-and-white patterns. However, the kilns producing Cizhou ware were also responsible for the production of ceramics with dark brown, dark blue, and black glazes. These wares are generally known as "northern black wares" or "Henan black wares" to distinguish them from similar but more famous ceramics made in southern China. These northern black wares, of which this bottle is an example, were widely distributed and used.<P>The unctuousness of the dark glaze covering this bottle, which dates to the late 11th or early 12th century, is typical of the glaze used to cover northern black wares. The truncated shape is unique to Song-period ceramics and is found in many types of wares. The method of decorating this bottle is similar to that found in other Cizhou wares: the light gray body was first covered with a brown slip, then decorative ribs were added by trailing lines of thick, white slip down the surface of the vessel. Finally, the bottle was covered with a thin, light brown glaze that appears almost black where it is densest. This blackness is a result of the iron in the glaze.</P>

Context

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