Unknown Artist
- Title
- Jar with cover
- Place of origin
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North China →
China
- Period
- Sui dynasty 581 - 618 → China
- Year
- 0589-0618
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with olive green glaze
- Dimensions
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19.5 x 15.0cm overall:
a - jar; 18 x 15cm; height x diameter; weight 1.3kg
b - cover; 2.3 x 8.5cm; height x diameter; weight 100g
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Graham E. Fraser 1993
- Accession number
- 571.1993.a-b
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Further information
This jar is an example of the early high fired green glazed earthenwares produced in the North of China from the 6th century. Such pieces were forerunners of the great Northern and Southern traditions of celadons. Technically they mark the start of an important tradition of Chinese ceramics. While the jar is a classic shape with its ridged waist and the glaze only covering the top half of the body, it is rare to find a piece with its original lid.
Literature:
M. Tregear, 'Catalogue of Chinese greenware in the Ashmolean Museum', Oxford,1976.
Asian Art Dept., AGNSW, November 1993.
- Bibliography (2)
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M Tregear (England) (Author), Catalogue of Chinese Greenware in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1976.
'Early Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 102 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
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Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994.
