Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date:13th–14th century
Culture:China
Medium:Stoneware with cut-glaze decoration (Cizhou ware)
Dimensions:H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm); Diam. of rim 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. of base 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification:Ceramics
Credit Line:Purchase, Seymour Fund and Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2014
Accession Number:2014.255
The inscription running in two lines to either side of the dramatic lotus scroll reads:
“ Drink less wine
Gain more knowledge”