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Covered jar

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Large ceramic jar with a lid. The jar is bulbous and has a wide body that narrows to a small base. The lid is domed with a small knob on top. The jar and lid are primarily green with vertical stripes of red and white. The green and white areas have small white spots with a red center. Red and white glaze drips down the sides. The base of the jar is unglazed reddish clay. The background is dark gray. Covered jar by Shofu Bunryu.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. late 7th–first half of the 8th century
Medium:
Earthenware with three-color (sancai) glaze
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
517 × 624 px
Museum record:
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