Artist
Unknown Chinese
CultureChinese
Titles
- Funerary Jar
Date2500–2000 BC
PlaceBanshan, China
MediumPainted ceramic
Dimensions11 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. maximum diameter (28.6 × 30.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors
Object number86.243
Not on view
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Department
Asian ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Containers and Vessels" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston October 21, 1989 - January 1990 Subsequent tour
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Unknown Chinese
1736–1796
.A Ceramic with gold filigree and turquoise inset
.B Ceramic with gold filigree and lapis lazuli inset
2013.462.A,.B
Unknown Chinese
1736–1796
.A Ceramic with gold filigree and turquoise inset
.B Ceramic with gold filigree and lapis lazuli inset
2013.463.A,.B
Unknown Chinese
Neolithic period, Majiyao Culture, Banshan Phase (2650–2350 BCE)
Earthenware with painted decoration
2018.17
Unknown Chinese
1723–1735
Ceramic with ruby-ground enamel (Jingdezhen ware)
2013.493.1.A,.B
