Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:mid-14th century Culture:China Medium:Porcelain painted with copper red under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Diam. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Classification:Ceramics Credit Line:Seymour Fund, 1970 Accession Number:1970.214 In addition to cobalt blue, copper red was used to paint porcelain during the fourteenth century. This pigment is notoriously difficult to fire and ceramics painted with copper red are rare.
Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:mid-14th century Culture:China Medium:Porcelain painted with copper red under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware) Dimensions:H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Diam. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Classification:Ceramics Credit Line:Seymour Fund, 1970 Accession Number:1970.214 In addition to cobalt blue, copper red was used to paint porcelain during the fourteenth century. This pigment is notoriously difficult to fire and ceramics painted with copper red are rare.