Jizhou kilns
Tea Bowl Decorated Resist Pattern of Flower Blossoms
1100-1299
Physical Qualities
Stoneware with brown glazes, 2 3/16 H x 4 5/8 Diam. in. (5.6 x 11.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of J. Gilman D'Arcy Paul
Object Number
1988.648
Paper patterns were applied to the surface of this bowl between two layers
of glaze. During firing, the patterns burned away. Portions of the lower glaze
layer that had been covered with paper were then exposed. In this way, the
pattern’s design was transferred to the lower glaze layer.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1988; Guiseppe Eskenazi, London
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "An Artist's Fresh Glaze," April 30 - November 4, 2012.
