Chinese Ceramic Wine Vessel

Glossy brown bottle with a gold-filled crack and ring after ring of throwing lines.

This glazed pottery wine vessel is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Chinese wine vessels range from ancient bronze ritual forms to everyday ceramic pitchers, bottles and jars, and glazed pottery versions have been made at kilns across the country. Stout bottle vase with a short neck, rolled lip and tightly ribbed horizontal rings. The glaze is deep chestnut brown, pooling darker at the shoulder, and a short gold-colored vertical repair mark shows on the front. It is 9.5 inches high and 7 in diameter.

Mended with gold and quite proud of the scar.