Ovoid Jar with Short, Flaring Neck and Blue-Splashed Glaze

Unidentified Artistfirst half 8th century

Details

Title: Ovoid Jar with Short, Flaring Neck and Blue-Splashed Glaze
Creator: Unidentified Artist
Creator Lifespan: 1/1
Date: first half 8th century
Physical Dimensions: h18.1 cm
Period: Tang dynasty, 618-907
Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for the Acquisition of Oriental Art
Creation Place: China/East Asia
Type: Vessels
External Link: Harvard Art Museums
Medium: Sancai' ("three-color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-splashed, clear glaze on the exterior, and with lead fluxed yellow glaze on the interior

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