Jar (Hu) with Birds

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Jar (Hu) with Birds

China, probably Zhejiang Province, late Western Han dynasty or early Eastern Han dynasty, about 100 B.C.-A.D. 100
Furnishings; Serviceware
Proto-Yue ware, wheel-thrown stoneware with applied and incised decoration and green glaze
Height: 16 1/2 in. (42.55 cm); Diameter: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection (M.52.2.1)
Chinese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Trubner, Henry.  Chinese Ceramics:  From the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1952.
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  West Germany:  Bruder Hartmann, 1965.

Exhibition history

  • Chinese Ceramics from The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Monterey Park, CA, Vincent Price Gallery and Art Museum, January 24, 2017 - July 22, 2017