id:			131794
accession number:	1954.370
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.370
updated:		2023-03-09 12:47:55.570000

Jar (Hu), 100 BC-100. China, probably Zhejiang province, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220). Glazed stoneware with incised and applied decoration; diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); overall: 45.7 cm (18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1954.370

title:				Jar (Hu)
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creation date:			100 BC-100
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		100
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	China, probably Zhejiang province, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220)
technique:	glazed stoneware with incised and applied decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Overall: 45.7 cm (18 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The World of Ceramics - Masterpieces from The Cleveland Museum of Art.  CMA 6/30-9/5/82.  Catalogue edited by Jennifer Neils, essay by Sherman E. Lee (CMA, 1982) no. 90

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wall description:
This superb Han dynasty jar has a robust shape imitating that of the bronze (<em>hu</em>) and is covered with a thin brownish-green glaze. The introduction of glazing—which provided an impervious coating to a clay body—marked a technological breakthrough in Chinese ceramic history. High-fired glazed pots were made as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties (about 1600–256 BC). Potters gained practical technical knowledge of the reaction between the metallic oxide in the glaze and the kiln atmosphere to modify the color of a glaze.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 807
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n143

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 247
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n271

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 247
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n271

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 328
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n348

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 85, no. 90
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n28

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