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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Tang dynasty 618 - 907 → China
- Date
- 0618-0907
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- earthenware with green glaze
- Dimensions
- 9.3 cm diam. of mouth; 9.6 x 10.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr Sydney Cooper 1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- EC59.1962
- Copyright
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About
The sides of this jar are ornamented with horizontally grooved lines and the vessel is supported on three small shaped feet. This may well be a ceramic model of an incense-jar in bronze or other metal. Other examples are known with lids.
Jackie Menzies, 'Early Chinese Art', AGNSW, 1983. cat. no. XXXVI
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965
Early Chinese art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Feb 1983–08 May 1983
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Mr V V W Fretwell, Mr L G Harrison, Ivan McMeekin and J. Hepburn Myrtle (Compilators), Chinese ceramics, Sydney, 1965, 18, 36 (illus.). cat.no. 23, plate no. 5
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Jackie Menzies, Early Chinese Art, Sydney, 1983, (illus.) not paginated. cat.no. XXXVI. See 'Further Information' for text.
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