Asian Art

Small burial jar with green glaze

13th century

Stoneware; Longquan ware

2 7/16 x 1 x 9 13/16 in. (6.2 x 2.54 x 25 cm) base (foot): 1 1/4 in.(3.175 cm)
Gift of John Crockett
2008.222.79
Culture: 
Chinese, Philippine
Period: 
Southern Song dynasty (1126–1279)
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Status: 
Not on view
Provenance: 

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

Bibliography: 

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

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