Image

Description
- Accession Number
- 1964/2.72
- Title
- Yue ware jar with incised lotus petals on body and lid crowned by a bird
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with celadon glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 960-1127
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
- Period
- China, Northern Song Period (960-1127)
- Dimensions
- 22 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm (8 11/16 in. x 4 3/4 in. x 4 3/4 in.)
- Physical Description
- Vase with lid, straight neck, the lower body of the vessel is incised with patterns that suggest plants floating in a watery environment, while the lid depicts a bird that has alighted on a lotus leaf on the surface of the pond.
- Subject Matter
- celadon vase decorated with plants, waves, and bird
- Primary Keywords
- asia
- birds
- jar
- Secondary Keywords
- animals
- locality
- objects we use
- the natural world
- vessels
- Rights
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Image Size
- 581 x 889
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Record
- 1964/2.72
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Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
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