Flask with molded decoration
The mold-impressed design on either side of these two jars is suggestive of classic Greek ornament. The scrolling grapevine decorative motif has an ultimate Hellenistic prototype; it can be traced from the West through Central Asia to China. This design became part of the Chinese decorative repertoire in several kinds of art in the Six Dynasties (220–589) period. (According to tradition, the domesticated grape itself was introduced into China from the West in the second century B.C.)
Artwork Details
- 隋至唐 青瓷扁壶
- Title: Flask with molded decoration
- Period: Sui (581–618)–early Tang (618–907) dynasty
- Date: late 6th–early 7th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Stoneware with molded decoration under olive-yellow glaze
- Dimensions: H. 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm); W. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); D. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916
- Object Number: 16.165
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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