Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1987/2.50
- Title
- Changsha ware pitcher with short spout, appliqued figures, and bi-colored glaze
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with applique decor, white slip, transparent brown glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Henan (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Henan (province)
- Dimensions
- 22.8 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm (9 in. x 6 5/16 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 9th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- pitcher
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- Stoneware pitcher with handle and short polygonal spout, flaring mouth, wide neck, decorated with appliquéd decor of musicians and dancers, white slip, and splashed brown glaze
- Subject Matter
- The Central Asian musicians and dancers featured on this pitcher were a popular motif in art of the Tang dynasty (618–907), an especially cosmopolitan era
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
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- object genres by material
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- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in the arts
- people in the arts and related occupations
- people in the humanities
- people in the performing arts
- performing artists
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 717 x 837
- File Size
- 80 KB
- Record
- 1987/2.50
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