The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 9, 2026

A rounded earthenware vessel features a short, flared rim and three tripod legs shaped like animal heads with clawed paws. Green, amber, and cream glazes drip vertically down the body, pooling above a dark horizontal band encircling the base. At the center, a large, symmetrical leaf medallion is embossed in relief, flanked by smaller floral patterns. The multicolored glazes extend onto the legs, accentuating the molded animal features and paws.

Jar with Applied Floral Decoration

618–907

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)
Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware)
Overall: 20.2 x 28.5 cm (7 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Gift of Donna and James Reid 2017.14
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This sancai-glazed Tang vessel stands on three paw-shaped feet.
  • ?–September 15, 1996
    (Kaikodo New York, NY, sold to Donna and James Reid)
    September 15, 1996–2017
    Donna [b. 1931] and James Reid [1926–2020], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2017–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Kaikodo Journal. Vol. II, Autumn 1996. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 76, pp. 168–169, 247–248
  • Kaikodo Gallery, New York, NY (September 16–October 26, 1996).
  • {{cite web|title=Jar with Applied Floral Decoration|url=false|author=|year=618–907|access-date=09 June 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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