Jar (kuan), Northern ware / Artist Unknown, China

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Accession Number: 1969/2.88
Title: Jar (kuan), Northern ware
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Medium and Support: stoneware with pale gray-green glaze
Object Creation Date: 6th century
Object Creation Place: Asia (continent); China (nation)
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2: China (nation)
Credit Line: Museum purchase for the Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
Period: China, Six Dynasties Period (220-589)
Dimensions: 19.7 cm x 22.5 cm (7 3/4 in. x 8 7/8 in.)
Century: 6th century
Primary Object Classification: Ceramic
Primary Object Type: jar
Primary Keywords: ceramics; jar
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 488 x 505
File Size: 33 KB
Record: 1969/2.88
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Full citation: "Jar (kuan), Northern ware; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.88/1969_2.88.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.