Artwork
Tall Jar
DepartmentAsian Art
CultureChinese
Date907-1125
Dimensionsheight: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
width: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
width: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number2013.38.64
GeographyPlace madeChina
General regionAsia
DescriptionA large storage jar with steep sides and narrow, rounded shoulder and broad slightly flaring neck and everted mouthrim; the broad footring with a shallow recessed base; stoneware carved and combed around the body with a broad band of scrolling, flowering peony below a narrow band of incised cloud scrolls; the carved background of the peony scroll dressed in iron red; the remained with white slip; the whole covered with a transparent glaze.ProvenanceFormerly with J.J. Lally, New YorkOn view
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