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| Bowl (one of a pair) |
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| China, Shaanxi Province; Jin period (1115-1234), mid-12th century |
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| Stoneware with carved and combed design under glaze (Yaozhou ware) |
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| H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm) |
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| Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art |
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| 1979.133 |
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| This bowl and another in the Asia Society Collection (1979.134) form a pair. The sketchy treatment of the carved lotus 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. Their glaze is usually classified in the West as "celadon," a name derived from the name of a character in a 17th-century French play who wore a green costume. Green glazes are derived from iron oxides and are relatively easy to produce; they were among the first glazes created in China. |
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