Plant-pot holder

Date14th century

Label TextJun ware's blue hue was unusual at the time when prevalent colors for stoneware were black, white, green and yellowish-brown. Occasional splashes of purple also enhanced the appeal of this ware. The blue color was derived mainly from iron, whereas the purple hue came from copper.

Object number40.2

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009) Stanford, California, Stanford Art Gallery, "T'ang and Sung Ceramic Arts", 1950 (1950) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesCox, W. E., "Pottery and Porcelain", 1944, p. 162, fig. 319 Lee, S., "Sung Ceramics in the Light of Recent Japanese Ceramics," Artibus Asiae, XI 3, 1948, p. 173, fig. 9 "Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 67 (b&w) Munsterberg, Hugo, "The Arts of China", 1972, p. 143, # 76. Foong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).

Credit LineThomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection

Dimensions2 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (6.35 x 13.97 cm) L.: 8 1/8 in.

MediumStoneware with opalescent purple and light blue glazes