Jar
Cleveland Museum of Art

Jar

1200s–1300s

Glazed stoneware with resist and slip-painted decoration, Jizhou ware
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

To create leaf imprints in Jizhou ware, artisans dipped real leaves in glaze and placed them on vessels, where the leaves would then burn away while firing in the kiln.

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