Jar (guan) with Six Squared Lugs

Culture: Chinese
Period: Six Dynasties period, 220–589 CE
Date: late 5th century
Material: Yue ware; stoneware with incised and applied decoration under crackled celadon glaze
made in: Zhejiang province, China, Asia
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 230
Dimensions: height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
diameter of mouth: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
width across double lugs: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
width across single lugs: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
diameter of body: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
diameter of foot: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Credit Line: Spink Asian Art Collection, Bequest of Edith J. and C. C. Johnson Spink
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 45:2014

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