Jarre funéraire, M.C. 9810(4), Entre 1200 et 1279

Author(s): anonymous, ceramist date of production: between 1200 and 1279 dating in century: 13th century type(s) of object(s): beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, ceramics, china name(s): symbolic object, jar materials and techniques: porcelain, turned ceramics, qingbai cutlery, molding, modeling, added decoration (ceramic) place(s) of execution/realization: china dimensions - artwork: height: 57. 3cm diameter: 14. 8cm description: vase with the disk of the sun. Iconographic description: lid topped with a bird. Upper part decorated with a row of small moving figures. On the collar there is a coiled dragon, a solar disk, a snake and a turtle. Mode of acquisition: purchase date of acquisition: 1988 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 9810. Date: Entre 1200 et 1279.