1956.99.A-B: Small Covered Ovoid Jar, the Jar with Short, Flaring Neck, the Lightly Domed Cover with Small, Lotus-Bud-Shaped Knob
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1956.99.A-B
- Title
- Small Covered Ovoid Jar, the Jar with Short, Flaring Neck, the Lightly Domed Cover with Small, Lotus-Bud-Shaped Knob
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 8th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203968
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Monochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
- Dimensions
- including cover: H. 14.5 x Diam. 13.7 cm (5 11/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Dr. Arnold Knapp
- Accession Year
- 1956
- Object Number
- 1956.99.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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