Funerary Jar with Cover
Artist
Unidentified artist
Chinese
CultureChinese
DateSong Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279)
Mediumporcelaneous stoneware with yingqing (qingbai) celadon glaze
Dimensionsjar: 17 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (44.8 x 13.3 x 13.3 cm)
cover: 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (13.3 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm)
cover: 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (13.3 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift of Smith Freeman and Austin Scarlett
Object number2009.26.9.1
DescriptionEach tall slender vessel with plain ovoid body and slightly tapering ribbed neck, applied with a row of standing figures dressed as court dignitaries above a frilled collar at the base of the neck, below a dragon coiled around one vase and a tiger coiled around the other, the bulbous mouth of each vase surmounted by high pointed cover with bird finial, the porcelain covered with a translucent glaze of pale bluish tint.(Note: bases provided are contemporary, and will not be used for display at Ackland.)
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