Storage Jar, 4th century BCE
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Porcelaneous stoneware with impressed and carved decor under light yellow-green glazeexpand_more
Gift of funds from C. Curtis Dunnavanexpand_more 98.214.1
On View in Gallery 204expand_more
This elegant storage jar made in vague imitation of contemporary bronze vessels was created by building up coiled strips of clay which were finished on a slow-turning potter's wheel. Set on opposite sides of the shoulder are two mold-impressed plaques centered under the loose ring handles. The main decoration consists of two continuous registers of neatly incised vertical fluting. The finely worked precise detailing lends a sense of formal majesty to this exceptional example of early celadon ware. High-fired stoneware with shapes, decorations, and glazes similar to this vessel have been excavated from Warring States (475-221 BCE) tombs in Guixi, Jiangxi province and Shaoxing, Zhejiang province in southeastern China.
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- Storage Jar
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- 98.214.1
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