Like the Teabowl with Tortoiseshell Glaze (<a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.177">CMA 2020.177</a>), this jar was made in the Jizhou kilns of southeast China. Producing a variety of innovative dark glaze types, the potter here created a dynamic abstract pattern of waves in the form of light brown strokes brushed over a dark brown glaze.

Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

Year in Review for 1986

Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400. Harvard Art Museums (organizer) (December 23, 1995-March 10, 1996); China Institute in America (April 20-July 13, 1996); Elvehjem Museum of Art (November 9, 1996-January 19, 1997).

Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown- and Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection

A stoneware vessel takes a bulbous shape, tapering from a wide, flared rim down to a narrow base. A glossy, dark brown glaze coats the upper exterior, with light catching on its shoulders and thick drips visible inside the mouth. Large, light tan brushstrokes resembling birds in flight encircle the belly, their sweeping, overlapping curves creating a sense of motion. The lower portion remains unglazed, revealing the matte, light gray clay.

(Donald J. Wineman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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China, Jiangxi province, Jizhou kilns, Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279) - Yuan Dynasty

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