Jar
China, Hunan province, reportedly Changsha, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE) · 481–221 BCE · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Bronze Age potters customarily used patterned wooden paddles to smooth the ridges of their coil-built wares. Because such early pots were beaten repeatedly and randomly while still in the leather-hard state, the paddles did not leave isolated, self-contained patterns, but an overall surface texture.
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- Maker
- China, Hunan province, reportedly Changsha, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
- Date
- 481–221 BCE
- Medium
- earthenware with stamped decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); Overall: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- China
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0