Collection Online as of December 7, 2022
Ewer
China, Tang dynasty
(618-907)
Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware)
Diameter: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1987.148
Location
239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
Description
Many sancai or "three-color" lead-glazed wares-such as this ewerare notable for their heavy dependence on metalwork prototypes. Such polychrome glazed wares were intended for the tomb.