Title
Jar with cover
0589-0618
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Sui dynasty 581 - 618 → China
- Date
- 0589-0618
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with olive green glaze
- Dimensions
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19.5 x 15.0 cm
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a - jar, 18 x 15 cm
b - cover, 2.3 x 8.5 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Graham E. Fraser 1993
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 571.1993.a-b
- Copyright
- Share
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About
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.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Apr 2021–13 Jun 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Early Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 102 (colour illus.).
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M Tregear, Catalogue of Chinese Greenware in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1976.
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