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Photograph by Peter Gabriel Studio. Copyright 2021-2022 Peter Gabriel Studio.
Water jar
Date: c. 1895
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Dimensions:
Dimensions: H: 24.2 × Dia: 27.9 cm (H: 9 1/2 × Dia: 11 in.)
Weight: 2.6 kg (5.8 lb.)
Medium: clay | paints
Credit Line: Gift of Andrew Dasburg, 1923.
Object Number: IAF.129
On view
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1/18/05 Description:
The jar with a short neck is constructed of a low-fired red clay body that has been slipped with white clay on the exterior and painted with red and black mineral paints. The pot has four cracks running vertically down from the rim, varying in length from 1.5-5". These cracks have become largeling filled and stabilized with deposits of salts probably from the water once held in the jar. There is a horizontal crack in the wall where the underbody joins the upper body of the jar. The crack appears only 2" long and is very fine on the exterior of the pot, while on the interior it is 5" and more unstable. The interior also has various stains and deposits from use along with accumulated dust. There are scattered surface ships lost at the rim and areas of the surface slip and paint on the neck and shoulder have lifted and flaked off, perhaps as a result of salt migration.
In Collection(s)
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