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Covered Jar   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Covered Jar
Description

This covered cylindrical jar with three animal feet is lavishly covered with a cobalt blue glaze in the exterior and an amber glaze in the interior.

Of the colored lead glazes of sancai (three-color) ware, blue was preeminent and precious. Imported cobalt from Persia (Iran, Afghanistan) was used as a glaze colorant that yields a rich, brilliant blue of considerable splendor.
Date 700
Medium Glazed earthenware
Dimensions Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Diameter of lid: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Chinese Art
Accession number
1948.228
Place of creation China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Credit line Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.228

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