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CHINESE OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION
Chinese Bronzes of the Shang and Zhou Periods
Han Dynasty Bronzes
Early Chinese Ceramics
Sculpture from Tombs
Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
Tang and Liao Dynasty Metalwork
Ceramics of the Song and Jin Periods
Porcelains of the Yuan and Early Ming Periods
Imperial Chinese Ceramics of the 15th Century
Ceramics of the Late Ming Period
Qing Dynasty Porcelain
Landscape Painting in China
Jade and Lacquer in China
Bowl (one of a pair)
China, Shaanxi Province; Jin period (1115-1234), mid-12th century
Stoneware with carved and combed design under glaze (Yaozhou ware)
H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art
1979.134
This bowl and another in the Asia Society Collection (1979.133) form a pair. The sketchy treatment of the carved blossoms in the interior of these bowls and the reliance on the use of the time-saving comb for the wave design are typical of 12th-century mass production of ceramics, evidenced also by the use of molds at the Ding kilns in Hebei Province. The green glaze, here with olive tones, is one of a series of experiments with iron coloring pigments that reach back to early periods in Chinese history. The range of colors in jade may have inspired this pursuit of a diversity of colors in ceramics.
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