About the Artwork
Grain Jar
between 206 BC and 220 AD
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Chinese
Chinese
Earthenware with lead glaze
Height x Diameter at base: 15 3/4 x 9 9/16 inches (40.0 x 24.3 cm) Diameter at mouth: 3 15/16 inches (9.9 cm) Height of feet of bear shapes: 2 7/8 inches (7.2 cm)
Ceramics
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, L. A. Young Fund
62.4
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Provenance
(Mrs. Henry K. Schoch)
1961-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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DIA, THE INSTITUTE COLLECTS, Dec 8, 1964-Jan 3, 1965, p 18.
DIA BULLETIN, vol 50, no 1, 1971, p 26 (ill).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Chinese, Grain Jar, between 206 BC and 220 AD, earthenware with lead glaze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, L. A. Young Fund, 62.4.
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