Accession Number
1971/2.67

Title
Jar

Artist(s)
Chinese

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
206 BCE - 25 CE

Medium & Support
stoneware with ash glaze

Dimensions
9 7/16 in x 12 in x 12 in (24 cm x 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection

Subject matter
This brown stoneware guan (罐) storage jar has a shape and green glaze in imitation of bronze forms. The two lug handles were probably used to tie down and secure a lid. These types of jars were made in abundance as funerary storage vessels to supply for the afterlife and have been found in the tombs of both middle and elite classes of Han citizens. 

Physical Description
Brown stoneware jar with bulbous body, narrow mouth with wide straight rim, on a flat base. Jar has two animal mask lug handles on opposing shoulders. The upper half is covered in a gray- green ash glaze.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
jar

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
ash glaze
ceramic (material)
grave goods
jar
jars
stoneware (pottery)