Glazeware: A Chinese Gift to the World

Cizhou Ware

Cizhou ware jar
2012.91.73, Cizhou ware meiping, Northern Song (960–1127)
Eason Eige Collection; photo by B. Bernard

Playing children paired with flowers and other plants are a recurrent theme in Chinese ceramic painting. The clouds, often referred to as "auspicious clouds," represent good fortune. This vase is 15 1/4 inches (38 1/2 cm) tall. To see the other side of the vase, please click here


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