Ewer with Animal Handle | Yale University Art Gallery

9th century

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Medium: Stoneware with slip and glaze (Xing ware)
Dimensions: 4 1/4 × 3 3/8 in. (10.8 × 8.6 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1955.4.1
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.)
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 292, ill

George J. Lee, Selected Far Eastern Art in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1970), 20, no. 27

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Additional information

Object/Work type

ewers, stoneware

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