Greenware guan, or jar, with loop handles

Details

• Title

  Greenware guan, or jar, with loop handles

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  late 8th century - early 9th century
  Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › jar › guan

• Dimensions

  6.8 cm (height)
  10.2 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.

  EA1956.273

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