↗Central Andes (Peru), Recuay people · 1–700 CE
Architectural Vessel
Creator not recorded
Bequest of Gordon K. Mott · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
Vietnam · 1500s–1600s
Covered Jar
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- 1500s–1600s
- Medium
- stoneware with blue and white decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.); with cover: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
- Country / context
- Vietnam
- Movement / tradition
- Southeast Asian arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Southeast Asian arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
This stoneware ginger jar is decorated with a blue and white phoenix among clouds (a symbol of longevity) and floral motifs.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
