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Vase (Meiping)

1200s
(1127-1279)
green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware, Longquan ware
Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1957.52
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

The Longquan potter applied many coats of glaze and allowed each to dry before adding another. With firing, the glaze matured to a thick and cloudy layer, making the pottery more like an exquisite emulation of jade.
  • Men-Chu Wang. Seller's No. 47
  • Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 10-August 9, 2009).
    Asia Society, New York, NY (2/10/2009 - 8/9/2009): "Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America"
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