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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1941.51.A-B
Title
Covered Funerary Jar with Stylized Floral Decor, the Flat Cover with Stupa-Like Knob (One of Two)
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
7th-8th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205997

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1941
Object Number
1941.51.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 56, no. 46

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

Verification Level

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