Migration

Large Painted Earthenware Covered Hu
大加彩雲紋蓋陶壼

Height: 56.5 cm. (22 1/4 in.)
Diameter: 33.2 cm. (13 1/8 in.)

Western Han dynasty 西漢
2nd-1st century BC

Recent Provenance: Japan
所蔵:日本

Large Ash-Glazed Covered Jar
灰釉蓋付大瓷罐

Height (including cover): 50.2 cm. (19 7/8 in.)
Diameter: 36.2 cm. (14 1/4 in.)

Han dynasty 漢
1st century BC – early AD 1st century

Provenance: Japan 所蔵:日本

Exhibited and published: Chūgoku no Tōji (“Chinese Ceramics”), catalogue for the Special Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics at the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1994, no. 32, color plate, p. 28.

Yueyao Celadon Jar
越窯青瓷罐

Height: 26.0 cm. (10 1/4 in.)
Diameter: 27.0 cm. (10 5/8 in.)

Six Dynasties period; Eastern Jin dynasty 六朝•東晉
4th-5th century

Yueyao Black-Glazed
Chicken-Headed Ewer
越窯黑釉瓷雞首執壺

Height: 15.2 cm. (6 in.)
Width: 15.4 cm. (6 1/8 in.)

Six Dynasties period: Eastern Jin dynasty 六朝•東晉
4th century

Formerly in a Japanese collection 所蔵:日本

Published: Chūgoku no Tōji, “Special Exhibition Chinese Ceramics,” Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1994, no. 54, p. 45.

A Large “Northern Celadon” Covered Jar
青釉四罄蓋付大瓷罐

Height with cover: 38.8 cm. (15 1/4 in.)
Diameter: 33.0 cm. (13 in.)

Sui dynasty 隋
Late 6th-early 7th century

A White Stoneware Bowl with “Piecrust” Mouth Rim
邢窯白釉裙口瓷缽

Height: 9.8 cm. (3 7/8 in.)
Diameter: 14.5 cm. (5 5/8 in.)

Five Dynasties-early Northern Song period 五代•北宋
10th century

A Dingyao Dish with Lobed Rim
定窯白瓷葵口撒

Diameter: 12.7 cm. (5 in.)
Height: 2.1 cm. (7/8 in.)

Northern Song period 北宋
10th-11th century

A Dingyao Bowl with Carved Floral Decor
定窯刻花紋葵口白瓷碗

Diameter: 21.0 cm. (8 1/4 in.)
Height: 6.4 cm. (2 1/2 in.)

Northern Song period 北宋
11th-12th century

Provenance: a Japanese collection 所蔵:日本