Object Details
- Description
- Large jar (pou) with wide belly and small mouth.
- Clay: stoneware, dark gray, hard, fired uniformly reddish brown on surface; of the type called proto-porcelain.
- Glaze: thin, transparent olive green, on upper surfaces only.
- Decoration: three horizontal bands in relief with incised designs in clay in two top sections; two animal mask handles on shoulder.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Clay and Metal: Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Metal (February 25, 1997 to August 9, 2011)
- Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
- Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
- Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
- Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- 1st-2nd century
- Period
- Eastern Han dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1952.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stoneware with applied and accidental glazes
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32.9 x 38.2 cm (12 15/16 x 15 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Zhejiang Province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)
- China
- stoneware
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1952.10
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33780bc43-8aac-458a-943a-bf2a0b382d53
