Chinese Ceramic Vase

Creamy little pot wearing dark crackle lines like a bad sunburn.

This porcelain vase is from China, and dates to the early 20th century. Porcelain was developed in China and is made from kaolin and other fine materials fired at very high temperatures to give a hard, white, often translucent body. Short, rounded jar with a wide mouth and a slightly thickened rim. The glaze is off-white to pale grey, covered in long dark crackle lines running from rim to base, and the foot is neat and plain. It is 4.4 inches high and 5 in diameter.

Cracks everywhere, collapse nowhere, and thoroughly pleased.