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8 1/8 in. (21 cm.) high
Russell Tyson (1867-1963) Collection, Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1964.
Located in central Jiangxi province, the Jizhou kilns were perhaps the most daring, versatile and technically creative kilns of the Song dynasty. Although they produced a wide variety of wares, including northern-style white stonewares with molded and slip-painted designs, the kilns are most famous for their brown and black-glazed wares, particulary those that exhibit the innovative techinque of using openwork paper cutouts as stencils to create resist designs. The present vase, along with a small group of dark-glazed ceramics, is a rare example of dark-glazed ware that display strong connections to the bronze tradition. The sharply-defined, thick lip and the mock ring-handles of the present vase all link it to the contemporary bronzes of Song date. For further discussion on the relationship between dark glazed ceramic wares and bronzes, and for a related Jizhou vase with dark-brown glaze, its shape derived from bronze hu, see R. D. Mowry, Hare’s Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, p. 251-52, no. 102.
