Set of pot and jar. China, Tang dynasty (618-907 AD).

Set of pot and jar. China, Tang dynasty (618-907 AD).
Terracotta with glaze and beige glazes.
The pot has cracks in the glaze. The jar has slight damage.
Measurements: 12 cm.

Both pieces have a globular body raised on a circular foot. The jar has a completely detachable lid. Clean and fluid forms.

The Tang dynasty is considered by historians as a time of splendor of Chinese civilization, equal or even superior to the Han period. Stimulated by the contact with India and the Middle East, through the Silk Road, the Tang empire experienced a creative boom in many fields. The great cultural opening will result in an art fundamentally colorful, expressive and very eclectic, although it continues to be mainly for funerary use, where the artist remains anonymous craftsman. However, from this moment on, high-fired ceramics, decorated with enamels, will be used as a status symbol, with typologies such as vessels for the table of the litterateur and all kinds of crockery. Terracotta, on the other hand, is still used for grave goods, although stoneware will also be used from now on, especially for the tombs of nobles and scholars.

Both pieces have a globular body raised on a circular foot. The jar has a completely detachable lid. Clean and fluid forms.

The Tang dynasty is considered by historians as a time of splendor of Chinese civilization, equal or even superior to the Han period. Stimulated by the contact with India and the Middle East, through the Silk Road, the Tang empire experienced a creative boom in many fields. The great cultural opening will result in an art fundamentally colorful, expressive and very eclectic, although it continues to be mainly for funerary use, where the artist remains anonymous craftsman. However, from this moment on, high-fired ceramics, decorated with enamels, will be used as a status symbol, with typologies such as vessels for the table of the litterateur and all kinds of crockery. Terracotta, on the other hand, is still used for grave goods, although stoneware will also be used from now on, especially for the tombs of nobles and scholars.