Funerary vase, China, 1201-1400

Made:
1201-1400 in China
Tall pottery funerary vase with blue-green glaze Tall pottery funerary vase with blue-green glaze

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Tall pottery funerary vase with blue-green glaze
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Tall pottery funerary vase with blue-green glaze
Science Museum Group Collection
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Tall pottery funerary vase with blue-green glaze, decorated with figures in relief, contained ashes in a tomb, Chinese, 1201 to 1400

Funerary vases or urns hold ashes after a cremation. They are found worldwide and are still used. The owner of this tall pottery vase may have been wealthy or important. It is elaborately decorated with a circle of robed figures and assorted birds, dragons and animals. The vase was acquired by the Wellcome collections in 1930 through the auction house Sotheby’s.

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657048
Materials:
glazed ceramic
Measurements:
overall: 710 cm x 200 mm x 200 mm, 4.085kg
TOP: 95 mm,
BASE: 115 mm,
type:
sepulchral vase
credit:
Sotheby's