Lidded Jar

CultureChinese

Datelate 11th-early 12th century

MediumPorcelain with iron-rich glaze

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 4 inches (13.34 × 10.16 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number35-99 A,B

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionGlobular body with wide cylindrical neck and low dome-shaped cover with knob. shallow foot. white porcellaneous ware with brilliant black glaze. Thin wash of glaze on interior and inside of cover.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January - May 1952.

Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese Brown-and-Black-Glazed Ceramics, 400-1400, Harvard University Art Museums; Arthur M. Sackler Museum; Harvard University; December 23, 1995 - March 10, 1996; China House Gallery, April 20 - July 13, 1996; Elvehjem Museum of Art, November 9, 1996 - January 19, 1997.

Provenance

Purchased through Laurence Sickman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

Published References

Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics (Los Angeles County Museum, March 14-April 27, 1952), 76, no. 152 (repro.).

Ross E. Taggart, George L. McKenna, and Marc F. Wilson, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. II, Art of the Orient. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 86 (repro.).

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 297 (repro.).

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 339, pl. 171 (repro.).

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