Public Domain

Jar

8th century

Scroll

Jar

8th century

Physical Qualities Earthenware with blue, amber, and transparent lead glazes over white slip, 5 1/2 × 7 in. (14 × 17.8 cm.)

Credit Line Julius Levy Memorial Fund

Object Number 1939.247

Blue glazes were used to cover small bowls and jars like this one made during the 8th to 10th century as tomb furnishings. The blue pigment may have come from cobalt ore that originated within China, possibly Gansu Province. It may also have been improted from Iran as glass or in mineral form. China produced small white bowls decorated with blue dots or lines, which were exported to Iraq and Iran during the 9th century.

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1939; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Whitridge Collection, Sale #142, Nov. 16-18, 1939; William H. Whitridge, Baltimore

'The Whitridge Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, 6/1-10/15/1930.
Collection installation, "Asia. Exchange across Land & Sea," Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-

'The Whitridge Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,' Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art,1930, no. 238, ill.

Whitridge Collection, NY: Parke-Bernet, 1939, no.