Ewer (700–750): Art, History and Details
Ewer at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 700–750, glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Ewer (700–750) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Ewer
- Date: 700–750
- Culture: China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware)
- Dimensions: Diameter: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
- Collection: China - Tang Dynasty
- Department: Chinese Art
- Accession number: 1987.148
Collection credit
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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