Jarre funéraire, M.C. 9243, between 960 and 1279

Author(s): anonymous date of production: between 960 and 1279 type(s) of object(s): beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, sculpture, archaeology, china, ceramics name(s): jar, funerary object materials and techniques: stoneware, turned ceramic, modeling, added decoration (ceramic) location(s) of execution/realization: jiangnan (region) dimensions - artwork: height: 31cm width: 15. 5cm description: decoration attached to the shoulder. Lid missing. Iconographic description: decorated with characters and animals attached to the shoulder. Historical commentary: on paper card: "far eastern arts sale. Room 10 drouot. November 16-17, 1964, n° 14: n° 310 sale jean sauphar collection june 1930. "vase, slender in shape, in sandstone, decorated on the shoulder, in high relief of characters and animals. H. 32 cm tang". Themes / subjects / places represented: animal acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: society of friends of the cernuschi museum date of acquisition: 23–11–1964 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 9243. Date: between 960 and 1279.