Lidded jar

Details

• Title

  Lidded jar

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  9th century AD (AD 801 - 900)
  Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)

• Material and technique

  earthenware, with amber lead glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar;

  religious/ritual equipment › funerary equipment

• Dimensions

  with lid 26 cm (height)
  without lid 21 cm (height)
  21 cm max. (diameter)
  at base 11.5 cm (diameter)
  at lid 11.4 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.195

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