CHINESE
Tripod jar
(8th century CE)

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
18.4 × 24.6 × 23.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of J. T. Hackett, 1924
NGV

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Henan / Shaanxi province, north China, China

Accession Number
2602-D3

Department
Asian Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Physical description
Compressed globular form, short neck with everted rim, incised line at lower part of body, with stylized 'paw' feet. With washes of running green glaze splashed with running brown at top of feet.

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CHINESE
Tripod jar
(8th century CE)