Chinese Ceramic Vessel

Broad blue-green basin covered in a web of fine dark crackle.

This porcelain vessel is from China, and is contemporary. Porcelain is made from fine white clay, usually kaolin, combined with other minerals and fired at high temperature to vitrify the body. Wide, shallow bowl with straight tapering sides and a thin lip, glazed in a pale blue-green. A network of crackle lines spreads across the surface, with dark staining in some of the fine cracks. It is 7 inches high and 18 in diameter.

Wide open, thoroughly cracked, and fully at ease.