Funerary Jar (Translation)
越窰青瓷堆塑穀倉罐 西晉 (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The elaborate images on this jar show a three-story pavilion surrounded by birds, animals, and people, including entertainers and musicians celebrating the harvest. A visual documentation of social and cultural activities in 3rd-century China, this scene is also associated with hope for continued prosperity in the afterlife. Similar jars have been excavated in present-day Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces in southeastern China.
Western Jin dynasty (265-318)
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
"35th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society", Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1995.
Li Zhiyan, Virginia Bower, and Li He, Chinese Ceramics, Yale University, 2010, cat. nos. 4-17, 4-16, 4-27
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