White-Glazed Jar with Hidden Design

1500s–1600s Overall: 13.9 x 16.4 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.185

White was a ritual color used in Buddhist ceremonies, as well as the color of mourning. This jar is made of two molded halves that were joined where the vessel’s middle section shows a raised line. It is covered by a silky white glaze called “sweet-white” (tianbai; 甜白). A “hid...

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Technique
Porcelain with sweet-white (tianbai; 甜白) glaze
Medium
Porcelain with sweet-white (tianbai; 甜白) glaze
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art

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