Jar
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Especially during the ninth to eleventh centuries, Chinese connoisseurs prized high-fired green-glazed ceramics and compared their exquisite gray-green glazes to precious jade. Green-glazed ware, know generally as Yue ware but often called "celadon" in the West, was manufactured both for daily use and for burial. The Small Jar was most likely produced as a burial good, and excavations have revealed comparable early examples in tombs from the fourth century to the seventh. The Small Jar is very close to one excavated from the tomb of an eight-year-old girl who died in 608.
Caption
Jar, 581–618. High-fired green ware (celadon), 2 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.4 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Francis M. Sedgwick, by exchange, 58.38. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 58.38_acetate_bw.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Jar
Date
581–618
Dynasty
Sui Dynasty
Period
Sui Dynasty
Geography
Place made: China
Medium
High-fired green ware (celadon)
Classification
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.4 x 7.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Francis M. Sedgwick, by exchange
Accession Number
58.38
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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