Cocoon-shaped Jar

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.95.40

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MIA_.95.40

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

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2002

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese

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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Chin or early Western Han dynasty

crt

Chin or early Western Han dynasty

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Cocoon-shaped Jar

otn

Cocoon-shaped Jar

Title

false

View:

Front

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Front

View

false

Creation Date:

2nd century B.C. - 2nd century B.C.

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2nd century B.C. - 2nd century B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-199

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-199

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-100

oce

-100

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

painted grey pottery

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painted grey pottery

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Pottery

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Pottery

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

H.12-1/8 x W.13 x D.8 in.

met

H.12-1/8 x W.13 x D.8 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

95.40

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95.40

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Ellen and Fred Wells

ooc

Gift of Ellen and Fred Wells

Credit Line

false

Inscriptions:

DEALER'S STICKERS

oin

DEALER'S STICKERS

Inscriptions

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Silk production, from the rearing of silkworms to weaving silk cloth, was an important source of income to Chinese farming families. This type of jar with its elegant cocoon shape was extremely popular during the Chin (221-206 b.c.) and Han periods. Jars like this may have been used in the ritual practices of sericulture as the rearing of silkworms was fraught with superstitions during the Han period.

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<P>Silk production, from the rearing of silkworms to weaving silk cloth, was an important source of income to Chinese farming families. This type of jar with its elegant cocoon shape was extremely popular during the Chin (221-206 b.c.) and Han periods. Jars like this may have been used in the ritual practices of sericulture as the rearing of silkworms was fraught with superstitions during the Han period. </P>

Context

false

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Cocoon-shaped Jar