8th century
Ovoid jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat circular base; with painted decoration of birds with outstretched wings; red earthenware with cold-painted black, white, and red pigments.
H. 29.9 x Diam. 25 cm (11 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Bronze
7th-10th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with clear glaze
9th centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with pale grayish olive glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
8th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with appliqué handle and feet and with dark brown glaze on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChinese