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

Jar

618-906 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jar of buff earthenware, covered with a golden brown lead glaze. Squat baluster form, with short waisted neck-rim. Base rim slightly everted.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with lead glaze
Brief description
Jar, earthenware with a golden brown lead glaze; China, Tang dynasty (618-906)
Physical description
Jar of buff earthenware, covered with a golden brown lead glaze. Squat baluster form, with short waisted neck-rim. Base rim slightly everted.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.7cm
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Styles
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.37-1934

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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