Celadon jar

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Title	Celadon jar
Artist	Artist Unknown (China)
Date	14th century
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G216

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic | Earthenware, glaze

Size:

10 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (25.72 x 29.85 cm)

Creation Place:

Asia, China

Culture:

Asia, China

Style:

14th century, Yuan-early Ming dynasty

Inscriptions:

Sticker dealer's sticker, on bottom

Physical Description:

crisp relief around the sides with four figural scenes two officials standing beside waves lapping at a pair of closed doors inscribed on a panel above with 'Dong Hai' (the Eastern Sea), a closed umbrella beneath a leafy tree to one side; a scene of an immortal and album-bearing attendant standing on a balustrated terrace overlooking plantains, a doorway to one side; a figure in a pavillion looking out at a figure with clasped hands standing before a ding censer emitting smoke atop an altar stand; an attendant bearing a stack of books and a scholar wielding a brush before a gate he has inscribed 'Sheng Xian Qiao' (Arch of the Ascending Immortals); all above a band of stiff leaf lappets, applied on the interior, exterior and interior footring with a sea-green glaze

Credit:

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

Accession Number:

98.167.1

Artist:

Role:

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Celadon jar

Artist Unknown (China)

14th century