Title
Covered Jar, early 700s. Creator: Unknown.
Caption
Covered Jar, early 700s. This covered cylindrical jar with three animal feet is lavishly covered with a cobalt blue glaze in the exterior and an amber glaze in the interior. Of the coloured lead glazes of sancai (three-colour) ware, blue was preeminent and precious. Imported cobalt from Persia (Iran, Afghanistan) was used as a glaze colourant that yields a rich, brilliant blue of considerable splendor.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F76_387
Model release
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Property release
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License type
Rights managed
Available size
55,9Mb (4,4Mb) / 14,5in x 15,0in / 4353 x 4486 (300dpi)