jar & ginger jar
Summary
Ovoid ginger jar with high shoulder tapering to base, and short straight neck. Curved domed cover. Decorated with a rich, glossy sang-de-boeuf copper red glaze, slightly mottled in places. Copper red glazes inspired by Chinese Sang-de-boeuf (ox-blood) or Lang-yao glazes, see The Chinese Potter by Margaret Medley (Phaidon, 1976) p250-2, and Sang-de-boeuf vase in Chinese ceramics collection.
Display Label
Colour Wild patterns and bizarre shapes have no place here. Only elegant and simple forms are permitted, allowing the beauty of colour to radiate through. Colour plays a powerful role in everyone's lives, from fashion and advertising to religious symbolism. Specific colours embody significant meanings as well as expressing different emotional states; red for anger, blue for tranquility, black for sorrow . . . Creating vibrant glazes has fascinated potters throughout the ages, in countries near and far. Experimentation with metallic oxides, from copper and iron to manganese and titanium, can unleash some of the most beautiful colours. Tweaking the oxygen content or heat of the furnace will determine the depth, shade, tone or hue. Some of those colourful discoveries can be seen here, working in perfect harmony with the potted shapes, celebrating the power and glory of colour.
Object Name
jar & ginger jar
Creators Name
Date Created
c.1905
Dimensions
without lid: 14.9cm
with lid: 17.5cm
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accession number
1917.366
Collection Group
Place of creation
Longton
Medium
Credit
Leicester Collier Bequest
