Large storage jar with raised horizontal bands and animal-mask handles
China, Jiangsu province; or China, Zhejiang province, Large storage jar with raised horizontal bands and animal-mask handles, 2nd century/1st century BCE, light gray stoneware with molded and applied decoration and ash glaze, Gift of Andrée Stevens, public domain, 94.55
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- Title
Large storage jar with raised horizontal bands and animal-mask handles
- Related Titles
original language: 硬陶自然釉罐
- Artist
- Date
2nd century/1st century BCE
- Period
China: Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
- Medium
light gray stoneware with molded and applied decoration and ash glaze
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
13 in x 14 3/4 in diam.
- Collection Area
Asian Art
- Category
Ceramics
- Object Type
jar
- Culture
Chinese
- Credit Line
Gift of Andrée Stevens
- Accession Number
94.55
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Place Made
Created in: Zhejiang
Created in: Jiangsu
This handsome storage jar is an example of some of the earliest deliberately glazed ceramic wares in China. Potters noticed that when wood ash in the kiln fell on the surface of a vessel, it fused with the clay surface to produce a natural glaze. Here, a glaze made from wood ash, water, and clay is captured and controlled by the use of three successive ridges along the jar’s shoulder.
- Exhibitions
2008 Eternal Celadon: Ceramics and Jade from East Asia Portland Art Museum
