Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain jar

Item's Description

The underglaze cobalt-blue shows the expected inconsistencies in richness and density. There is clear glaze 'piling' as seen in most early cobalt-blue glazed wares. The flat and unglazed foot exhibits what is referred to as a 'rice cracker' finish.. The foot edge shows potter's cut marks. Condition consensus is extremely fine condition without injury or repair.
The Blue and White Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty is large in size, with thick roughcast. Generally there are big bottle, big pot, big bowl and big plate, with the traditional flavor of the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties. Due to the underdeveloped techniques,
there are two interfaces on the body and several veins inside the body. The roughcast is not as smooth as that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, while the glaze of the Blue and White Porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty is thicker than that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to more iron in the raw material of the glaze.

The major producer of the Blue and White Porcelain in the Yuan Dynasty was Jingdezhen. Besides, there were kilns for the blue and white porcelain production in Zhejiang Province, east of China and Yunnan Province, southwest of China.

Story

These Items found in one of the Chinese Trading Junk Shipwreck in Dong Son. As you can see there are still glaze in this pieces, and it is in excellent condition, as it shown in the picture. This is a pretty large piece and it is in my family for more than thirty years. If you have any question regarding of this piece, feel free to ask me.