meiping BM-PDF-A.8

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:16thC-19thC
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 219 millimetres Height: 329 millimetres

Description:
Soft Jun stoneware ‘meiping’ vase with wide shoulders and everted mouth, and body tapering to a low foot. The vase has a brown body and thick sky blue glaze with fine, even crackle stained dark grey, with pinkish-red patches at the shoulder and on the rim. The base is glazed, and is brighter than the rest of the vase.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Yuan or Ming 14th century Room 95 label text:PDF A8‘Soft’ Jun ware vaseTraditionally this type of ware is classified as ‘soft’ Jun. Scholars are unsure where ‘soft’ Jun was made, and so in the absence of a kiln site, they are dated stylistically by comparison to other pieces.Stoneware with Jun-type glaze‘Soft’ Jun ware China 中國Ming or Qing dynasty, about AD 1600–1900 PDF A8軟鈞瓶這類器物傳統上稱之為“軟鈞”。學者們尚未確認其何地燒造，在缺乏窰址資料的情況下，僅能依據和其他陶瓷的風格對比來進行斷代。炻器，鈞釉軟鈞窯器中國明或清，約1600-1900年