id:			125987
accession number:	1948.212
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.212
updated:		2025-02-09 01:21:19.561000

Large Jar, 206 BCE–220 CE. China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Earthenware with impressed and molded decoration; diameter: 35.6 cm (14 in.); overall: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.212

title:				Large Jar
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creation date:			206 BCE–220 CE
creation date earliest:		-206
creation date latest:		220
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
technique:	earthenware with impressed and molded decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 35.6 cm (14 in.); Overall: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Kélékian Collection of Ancient Chinese Potteries</em>. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1917).', 'opening_date': '1917-01-01T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics</em>. The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC (March 15–May 5, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-03-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ? by 1917–1948
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1948–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kélékian, Dikran and John Getz. <em>The Kélékian Collection of Ancient Chinese Potteries</em>. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1917.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 122, p. 46
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	Hollis, Howard. "Two Pieces of Han Pottery." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>35, no. 9 (November 1948): 210–211.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 211; Reproduced: p. 215
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141507

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