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Vase with round body rising from a narrower base; incised rings around the middle and lower neck; pattern on the upper neck; substantial flaring.
Vase (hu)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Vase (hu)

Artist Chinese Artist
DateHan Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Place of originChina
MediumStoneware with green glaze
Dimensions14 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (37.5 x 29.8 x 28.6 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin
Object number1994.27
Collections
Visual DescriptionVase with round body rising from a narrower base; incised rings around the middle and lower neck; pattern on the upper neck; substantial flaring.
Large jar with broad base, tapered neck and flaring lips, applied mask/ring decoration.
Jar (hu)
Chinese Artist
206 BCE - 220 CE
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Pear-shaped vase
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722)
Carved with archaistic motifs
Faceted Vase and Cover
Chinese Artist
19th century
Exterior: large scale floral scroll with four roundels with chrysanthemums, enclosing rings with lappets (bottom ring) and scroll (upper ring); interior: interesting floral and scarf motif with inner circular floral device.
Celadon Bowl with Inlaid Flowers and Scroll Design
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靑磁象嵌花唐草文大楪
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Goryeo Dynasty (918‑1392), 13th century
A bulbous ceramic jar with a sculpted, conical lid. It features an amber glaze with mottled green patches, a narrowed neck, horizontal bands around its middle, a short base, and two small loop handles on its shoulders.
Jar with Cover (hu)
Chinese Artist
Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
A small greenish-grey ceramic vase with a flared rim, narrow neck, and round body. It features horizontal bands around its center.
Vase (hu)
Chinese Artist
Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
A small greenish-grey ceramic vase with a flared rim, narrow neck, and round body. It features horizontal bands around its center.
Vase (hu)
Chinese Artist
Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
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Vase with Cruciform Designs
Chinese Artist
18th-19th century
A Mughal-style vase and cover carved from celadon green nephrite with lighter inclusions. The vase is carved in an unusual flattened and fluted form that is elliptical in cross-section. Either side of the vase is carved with three leafy acanthus scrolls and hanging loose rings. The long flaring neck is carved on either side
Vase and Cover
Chinese Artist
19th century or later
Vase
Vase
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)
A jar type popular throughout Eats and South-east Asia, and widely produced from South China to Thailand and found in South China Sea shipwrecks, it was used for storage and in association with burials. This jar has a tan-brown burning thick paste clay body and a dense dark brown glaze which drips dramatically from the shoulder to where glaze coverage ends about two-fifths of the way up the belly. The base has an abraded low foot ring and a rough flat interior. The shape has a wide foot, long ex…
Storage Jar with Brown Drip Glaze and Four Lugs
Thai Artist
14th-16th century
The well-potted body of globular form with a tall, slightly flaring cylindrical neck, the exterior all under a rose-pink glaze with a slight 'orange-peel' effect, the interior and base around the reserved iron-red seal mark all with a turquoise glaze, traces of gilt along mouth rim.
Vase
Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)

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