Jar with sgraffiato peony design / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1993/1.44
- Title
- Jar with sgraffiato peony design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with carved decoration on brushed white and brown slips underglaze
- Object Creation Date
- late 11th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Inner Mongolia (autonomous region)
- Chifeng
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Inner Mongolia (autonomous region)
- Creation Place 4
- Chifeng
- Credit Line
- Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
- Dimensions
- 29.8 cm x 37.8 cm x 37.8 cm (11 3/4 in. x 14 7/8 in. x 14 7/8 in.)
- Century
- late 11th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- jar
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- stone ware jar coated with white slip, decorated with a broad band of sgraffiato designs of peony in brown slip
- Subject Matter
- jar with peony design, peony is associated with the imperial court, with wealth, and with erotic beauty.
- Secondary Keywords
- buildings and the land
- containers
- containers by form
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- shrubs
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- vessels
- woody plants
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1431 x 945
- File Size
- 125 KB
- Record
- 1993/1.44
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