Cleveland Museum of Art
Jar (Hu)
- Date
- 202 BCE–9 CE
- Medium
- earthenware with slip and painted decoration
- Culture
- China, probably Henan province, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Instead of depicting a real landscape, the artist focused on the rhythmic forces of nature and the movement of energy, using the scrolling form as a symbol common to all changes in nature: cloud vapors, waves, and mountains alike. Here a dragon hovers among sweeping scrolls. This earthenware wine jar's shape mimics costly bronzes, but the handles have rings that are fixed to the surface of the pot, rendering them useless.
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