Asian Art
Covered Jar
Permanent ExhibitionCeramicsVessel
Details
- Author / creator
- China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
- Object type
- Ceramics
- Date or period
- early 700s
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 14.4 cm; Diameter of lid: 11.5 cm
- Maker or workshop
- China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
- Period / style
- Tang dynasty period
- Place of origin
- China
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Hartley Bequest Fund, 1948
About this object
This covered cylindrical jar with three animal feet is lavishly covered with a cobalt blue glaze in the exterior and an amber glaze in the interior. Of the colored lead glazes of sancai (three-color) ware, blue was preeminent and precious. Imported cobalt from Persia (Iran, Afghanistan) was used as a glaze colorant that yields a rich, brilliant blue of considerable splendor.
Materials and technique
Glazed earthenware
