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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Large Jar

206 BCE–220 CE

China, Han dynasty

(202 BCE–220 CE)
earthenware with impressed and molded decoration
Diameter: 35.6 cm (14 in.); Overall: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.212
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The vase's earthenware body is covered with a cucumber-rind green glaze.
  • ? by 1917–1948
    (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1948–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Kélékian, Dikran and John Getz. The Kélékian Collection of Ancient Chinese Potteries. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1917. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 122, p. 46
    Hollis, Howard. "Two Pieces of Han Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 9 (November 1948): 210–211. Mentioned: p. 211; Reproduced: p. 215 www.jstor.org
  • Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics. The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC (March 15–May 5, 1986).
    The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).
    The Kélékian Collection of Ancient Chinese Potteries. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1917).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1948.212