Blue-and-white small lidded jar with three lug handles / Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
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- Accession Number
- 1993/2.20.1-2
- Title
- Blue-and-white small lidded jar with three lug handles
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Artist Nationality
- Vietnamese
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with blue underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Vietnam (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Vietnam (nation)
- Dimensions
- 8.5 cm x 9.6 cm x 9.6 cm (3 3/8 in. x 3 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- jar
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- A small, slightly squat, globular stoneware jar, resting on a broad and short foot, with a short, narrow neck rising to hold a slightly domed lid. There are three small lug handles at the shoulder, allowing the jar to be carried by a cord. The jar is decorated with three horizontal zones of decoration, either floral or abstract designs drawn freehand in cobalt blue pigment before a translucent glaze was applied to the entire vessel.
- Subject Matter
- A small lidded jar decorated whimsical floral scrolls in underglaze blue (cobalt pigment).
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by form
- covers (closures)
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2372 x 1728
- File Size
- 545 KB
- Record
- 1993/2.20.1-2
- Link to this Item
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"Blue-and-white small lidded jar with three lug handles; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-2.20.1-2/1993_2_20_1-2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 05, 2024.
