Green-glazed jar

Details

• Title

  Green-glazed jar

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Henan province (place of creation)

• Date

  8th century AD (AD 701 - 800)
  Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, decorated with white slip under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  slipped;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar;

  religious/ritual equipment › funerary equipment

• Dimensions

  16 cm (height)
  15.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.6 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.3113

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