Small Covered Ovoid Jar, the Jar with Short Flaring Neck, the Lightly Domed Cover with Small Lotus-Bud-Shaped Knob
VesselsChinese8th century

Small Covered Ovoid Jar, the Jar with Short Flaring Neck, the Lightly Domed Cover with Small Lotus-Bud-Shaped Knob

early 8th century

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Monochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Century
8th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

including cover: H. 15.3 x Diam. 14 cm (6 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, 2006] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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