Miniature tripod jar
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumEarthenware with transparent lead glaze
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number55-48 A,B
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DescriptionOvoid body with short cylindrical neck and everted lip, on three lion-claw feet. Low lid with dome-shaped knob. Hard-fired ware of reddish-brown and white clays with transparent yellow glaze.ProvenanceEdith R. Bennett, by August 1952-1955 [1];
Purchased from Edith R. Bennett by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1955.
NOTES:
[1] This object was on loan from Bennett to the Nelson-Atkins from August 1952 until its purchase in 1955.
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