Chinese Ceramic Wine Vessel

A dark jar with a rusty red band and a blue-gray glaze cap.

This glazed pottery wine vessel is from China, and dates to the 19th century. A glaze is a thin glassy coating fused to the clay in the kiln, which makes pottery watertight and gives it a smooth, often colored finish. Tapered jar with a wide mouth, small handles at the neck, and a broad shoulder. A blue-white glaze covers the top, edged by reddish-brown streaks, while the lower body is a glossy dark brown-black. It is 6 inches wide, 6 deep, 12 high and 0.13 in diameter.

Wears the rust and the blue like they were always meant to match.