Cizhou Wine Jar from Taiyuan – 19th Century Furniture Features: Bookmatched grain

Features: Bookmatched grain

120 x 60 x 43

it features twin arched recesses framed by floral and leaf motifs

14 x 14 x 21(w x d x h cms)

This is the origin of the word Juggernaut which we use to describe large trucks

Cizhou Wine Jar from Taiyuan – 19th Century Furniture Features: Bookmatched grainThis authentic 19th century Cizhou type wine jar from Taiyuan in Shanxi Province is a beautiful example of northern China's celebrated folk ceramics. Hand thrown in stoneware, the jar is coated in a creamy white slip before being freely decorated with expressive iron brown brushwork, combining bands of geometric ornament with calligraphic characters and stylised natural motifs. Cizhou wares have been produced in northern China since the Song Dynasty