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Ewer with a Short Spout
8th or 9th century
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
This ewer is distinguished by its spherical shape and lustrous brown glaze, which falls short of the base in a sweeping curve, revealing its light buff body. The handle terminates at the rim in a stylized, natural form.
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Details
- Title: Ewer with a Short Spout
- Date Created: 8th or 9th century
- Location: China
- Physical Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); Diam. 6 5/8 in. (19 cm)
- Provenance: (N.V. Hammer, Inc., New York) by 1972; acquired by Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Jane Byars, 1973.
- Rights: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
- External Link: www.kimbellart.org
- Medium: Stoneware with mottled golden brown glaze
- Kamakura period (1185-1333): Tang dynasty (618–907)
- Credit: Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Jane Byars
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