The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Ewer

Ewer

700–750
(618-907)
glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware)
Diameter: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1987.148
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Description

Many sancai or "three-color" lead-glazed wares-such as this ewerare notable for their heavy dependence on metalwork prototypes. Such polychrome glazed wares were intended for the tomb.
  • ?–1987
    (Mr. J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1987–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
  • {{cite web|title=Ewer|url=false|author=|year=700–750|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.148