China, Amphora (Ping) with Dragon Handles, early T'ang dynasty, about 618-700, ceramic, wheel-thrown stoneware with molded, modeled, and applied decoration and cream glaze, height 21 1/4 inches (53.98 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Japan, Kamakura period, 13th-14th century,
Storage Jar, Tokoname ware, stoneware with ash glaze,
15 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (diameter) (39.4 x 47.6 cm), Los Angeles
County Museum of Art. See Japanese
art.
American, Northeast, Jar, 18th century, stoneware, 8 x 6 inches,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922-), Homage to Ko’olau Range, 1994-1995, stoneware, glaze, height 57 inches (144.78 cm), diameter 28 inches (71.12 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002),
Big Missoula, 1995,
stoneware, 41 x 30 x 29 inches (104.1 x 76.2 x 73.7 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Sara Radstone (English, 1955-), Untitled, 1987, stoneware, 12 x 13 x 5 inches (30.48 x 33.02 x 12.7 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
stoneware
- A buff, gray or brown clay
which is mixed with other clays and ceramic
materials to make a heavy,
opaque, highly plastic
clay body that is fired
at a high temperature (above
1200 degrees F). It is in between earthenware and porcelain in its character. The term stoneware
also refers to the clay body and objects
made from it.