Zhun-shape vase with four-lobed, wavy mouth rim

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.:	635
Type:	vase; pottery
Date of production:	12th–13th centuries Jin dynasty
Place of production:	Henan province, China

Materials:	stoneware
Techniques:	glazed; relief
Dimensions:	height: 23.8 cm diameter (mouth): 10 cm diameter (base): 7.7 cm

Evidently, the model of the vase was a metal object which was produced from ceramics under the barbaric dynasties that invaded North China. The proprotions of the vase and the modelling of the projecting, four-lobed mouth rim is especially elegant.

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