Vase with Peony Decoration

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Artist Unknown

Culture Chinese

Title Vase with Peony Decoration

Date Late 11th–12th century

Medium Stoneware with slip and glaze and clay

Dimensions Overall: 14 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. (35.9 x 15.9 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 65.27

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This srtiking ceramic vase is an example of Chinese Cizhou ware a kind of stoneware produced from the Song dynasty (960-1279) onward. To create the decoration first tthe body of the form is covered in white slip, then designs, usually in a contrasting brown or black glaze, are applied to the surface.

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"Vase with Peony Decoration | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=65.27