Tang Dynasty Ewer in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Title/Object Name: Ewer

Culture: China

Period: Tang dynasty (618–907)

Date: late 7th–first half of the 8th century

Medium: Earthenware with three color (sancai) glaze

Dimensions: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)

Classification: Ceramic

Credit Line: Gift of Stanley Herzman, in memory of Gladys Herzman, 1997

Accession Number: 1997.1.2

Description:

Brilliantly colored lead glazes in shades of green, amber, and white, which are known as three-color, or sancai, glazes, were widely used in funerary goods in the late seventh and the first half of the eighth century. The shape of this ewer derives from the metalwork of the ancient Iranian world and illustrates the impact of trade along the famed Silk Road.


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