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Source Description
This storage jar is decorated with an all-over impressed geometric pattern. The pressed or punched decoration (yingtao) shows the use of textiles to decorate vessels that emerged in this period. The jar is burnished (polished by rubbing) to a uniform terracotta color.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5467
label
Jar with Impressed Textile Pattern
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
5467
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object
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normalized
title
Jar with Impressed Textile Pattern
description
This storage jar is decorated with an all-over impressed geometric pattern. The pressed or punched decoration (yingtao) shows the use of textiles to decorate vessels that emerged in this period. The jar is burnished (polished by rubbing) to a uniform terracotta color.
provenance
Edgar Bromberger Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1950; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1950, by purchase.
date
5th-3rd century BCE
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
jars
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
22.2
height
22.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 3/4 × Diam: 8 7/8 in. (22.2 × 22.5 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
med
stoneware ceramic
creator_ids
6238
collection_ids
CHN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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