Asian Art

Jar

13th century

Stoneware with green glaze (Longquan ware)

2 7/16 × 1 × 9 13/16 in. (6.2 × 2.54 × 25 cm)
base (foot): 1 1/4 in. (3.175 cm)
Gift of John Crockett
2008.222.79
Geography: 
China
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Excavated at Batangas, Philippines. Purchased by J. Crockett from collector and art critic Lorna Montilla on Feb. 10, 1967.

Bibliography: 

Leandro V. Locsin and Cecilia Locsin, Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines (Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1967).

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