Accession Number
1971/2.71A&B

Title
Covered Jar

Artist(s)
Chinese

Artist Nationality
Chinese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
907-1125

Medium & Support
slip on stoneware with glaze

Dimensions
6 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in (17.2 cm x 12.4 cm x 12.4 cm)

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

Subject matter
From the mid-tenth to the early twelfth centuries, the Khitan Liao, a tribe of Mongol origin, ruled over much of north China. So powerful was the Liao that the contemporary Chinese dynasty of Northern Song (960-1126) regularly sent tribute north to keep the peace.
Liao pottery borrows heavily from Tang and Northern Song models, but Liao ceramic production also shows an originality and vitality that reflects the cosmopolitan nature of Khitan culture, particularly in the area of vessel shape. Liao potters adopted shapes from objects made in other materials and from objects of West Asian and Middle Eastern origin.

Physical Description
Stoneware jar with flaring foot and high rounded shoulders on a tapered body. It has an everted, flared foot, and short narrow neck covered with a flat lid with conical knob. The top three-quarters of the jar is covered in an amber-colored glaze. 

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
jar

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
ceramic (material)
grave goods
jars
stoneware (pottery)