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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Jar

early 8th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of depressed globular form with narrow, lipless mouth. Earthenware with yellow-brown lead glaze, which runs from the mouth to an uneven edge round the middle, leaving the pinkish white clay exposed on the lower part and also inside.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with coloured lead glaze
Brief description
Jar, earthenware with yellow-brown lead glaze; China, Tang dynasty, early 8th century
Physical description
Jar of depressed globular form with narrow, lipless mouth. Earthenware with yellow-brown lead glaze, which runs from the mouth to an uneven edge round the middle, leaving the pinkish white clay exposed on the lower part and also inside.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.4cm
Styles
Credit line
Bequeathed by F. E. Colthurst
Production
Label
Collection
Accession number
C.43-1946

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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