Jar with Double Handles

Jun wares have a distinctive light-blue opaque glaze, to which potters added splashes of copper oxide that when fired became purple. This complex blue glaze was developed during the Northern Song (960–1127) and Jin dynasties. The best examples were fired twice to create the thick glaze effect; the glaze can be seen pooling at the foot of this vessel, a feature highly prized by collectors. This jar was for daily use, perhaps to hold flowers.