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Jar Decorated with Resist Motif

Early 8th century

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Jar Decorated with Resist Motif

Jar Decorated with Resist Motif

Jar Decorated with Resist Motif

Early 8th century

Physical Qualities Earthenware with green, amber, and transparent lead glazes over white slip, 7 1/2 × 8 5/8 in. (19.1 × 21.9 cm.)
Credit Line Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number 1939.242
Lead-glazed earthenwares were generally made to furnish a tomb. The Chinese philosopher Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE) promoted the use of substitute mingqi (luminous objects) for burial.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1939; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Whitridge Collection, Sale #142, Nov. 16-18, 1939; William H. Whitridge, Baltimore; Ralph M. Chait, New York
Walters Art Gallery, January 1950. 'Chinese Ceramics,'
Walters Art Gallery, 4/30-9/15/1956.
Whitridge Collection, NY: Parke-Bernet, 1939, no. 266, ill.
A Picture Book, BMA, 1955, p. 90, ill.
Frances Klapthor, 'Chinese Ceramics,' Baltimore: BMA, 1993, no. 11, p. 24, ill. p. 25.
On View: Levy Gallery 2, Case 09/B

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