Vase with Dragon Handles Maker: Unknown

7th century c.e.

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

This vase was used to transport wine, and its shape echoes that of amphorae made throughout the eastern Mediterranean. The dragon handles and the flat bottom, however, attest to the adaptation of this vessel in China.

Medium

Stoneware with white slip and glaze

Dimensions

13 3/8 × 6 in. (34 × 15.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Denise and George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932

Accession Number

1959.64.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Sui dynasty (581–617 C.E.) or Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Denise and George Hopper Fitch, San Francisco, CA; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 291, ill.
  • Mimi Gardner Gates, The Communion of Scholars: Chinese Art at Yale, exh. cat. (New York: China House Gallery, 1982), 75–76, no. 30, ill.
  • George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 19, no. 25, ill.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware, vases

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