Jar

Freer made special note of the carved design on the base of this Yuan dynasty jar, a star-shaped or spoked mark that appears on other ceramics in Freer's collection. The gray stoneware with copper pigment is glazed in an opaque blue gray, and its finish bears an all-over crackle brown stain with areas of reddish purple and flecks of green. The uneven and sometimes heavy blobs that appear towards the base of the jar are characteristic of Jun-ware ceramics; Freer displayed more than 40 Jun or Juan-style vessels in the Peacock Room beneath Whistler's fighting peacock mural.