File:Clevelandart 1954.370.jpg
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Jar (Hu)
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| Title |
Jar (Hu) |
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| Description |
This superb Han dynasty jar has a robust shape imitating that of the bronze (hu) and is covered with a thin brownish-green glaze. The introduction of glazing—which provided an impervious coating to a clay body—marked a technological breakthrough in Chinese ceramic history. High-fired glazed pots were made as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties (about 1600–256 BC). Potters gained practical technical knowledge of the reaction between the metallic oxide in the glaze and the kiln atmosphere to modify the color of a glaze. |
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| Date | -100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Glazed stoneware with incised and applied decoration | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Overall: 45.7 cm (18 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese Art |
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| Accession number |
1954.37 |
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| Place of creation | China, probably Zhejiang province, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.370 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 10:42, 21 January 2019 | | 2,689 × 3,400 (883 KB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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