Covered Jar

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Title	Covered Jar
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	7th-8th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic | Stoneware with cobalt blue glaze

Size:

8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (20.96 x 20.96 cm)

Creation Place:

Asia, China

Culture:

Asia, China

Style:

T'ang dynasty, 7th-8th century

Inscriptions:

Stickers dealer's and packer's stickers, on bottom

Physical Description:

jar with wide shoulders tapering down to a flat base; short neck set with an everted rim covered inside with a pale yellow glaze and on the exterior with 'washes' of deep blue cobalt glaze, stopping short of the foot and splashing some of the unglazed area; cover with a wide flat knob

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

Accession Number:

98.167.2a,b

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Covered Jar

Artist Unknown (China)

7th-8th century