id:			126003
accession number:	1948.228
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.228
updated:		2021-03-27 12:14:30.387000

Covered Jar, early 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Glazed earthenware; overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); diameter of lid: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.228

title:				Covered Jar
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creation date:			early 700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		725
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	glazed earthenware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Diameter of lid: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
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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.
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