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Jar with loop handles
Jar with loop handles

Jar with loop handles

Maker
DateSui dynasty, late 6th or early 7th century
MediumStoneware with olive glaze: Yüeh ware
DimensionsHeight: 6 3/4 inches (17.1 cm)
CultureChina
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGeorge and Mary Rockwell Collection
Terms
  • Ceramics
  • Chinese
  • Stoneware with olive glaze
  • Yüeh ware
Object number72.109.006
Label CopyThis classic, northern green-glazed stoneware jar has four loop handles on the shoulder to facilitate tying a lid firmly in place. The transparent olive-green glaze coats only the upper portion of the jar and pooled to a handsome, deep olive color at the horizontal ridge that encircles the waist. Such ridges served a practical function to stop the flow of the glaze and prevent it from dripping down and possibly fusing the jar to its kiln supports.
Collections
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Unidentified artist
Large jar with four loop handles
Large jar with four loop handles
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Large Jar with six loop handles and dragon design
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Unidentified artist
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Amphora with dragon handles
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Tang dynasty, 8th century
Storage Jar, Yue ware
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Unidentified artist
Western Jin period (265-316)
Jar with loop handles, Yue ware
Jar with loop handles, Yue ware
Unidentified artist
Tang dynasty, 8th century
Large jar with four loop handles
Large jar with four loop handles
ca. 13-14th century
Jar
Jar
Unidentified artist
Globular Jug
Globular Jug
Unidentified artist
Image Not Available for Jar, Yue ware
Jar, Yue ware
Unidentified artist
265-316
Small burial jar with two loop handles
Small burial jar with two loop handles
Grounds, Burial kans from
Neolithic period (10,000-ca. 2100 B.C.); ca. 2500 B.C.