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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Covered Jar

early 700s

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)
glazed earthenware
Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Diameter of lid: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.228.a
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Description

This covered cylindrical jar with three animal feet is lavishly covered with a cobalt blue glaze in the exterior and an amber glaze in the interior. Of the colored lead glazes of sancai (three-color) ware, blue was preeminent and precious. Imported cobalt from Persia (Iran, Afghanistan) was used as a glaze colorant that yields a rich, brilliant blue of considerable splendor.
  • ?–1948
    (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1948–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. "T'ang Dynasty Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 10 (December 1948): 220–221. Reproduced: p. 218; Mentioned: p. 220 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Covered Jar|url=false|author=|year=early 700s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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