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Ewer
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Many sancai or "three-color" lead-glazed wares-such as this ewerare notable for their heavy dependence on metalwork prototypes. Such polychrome glazed wares were intended for the tomb.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEwer, 700–750. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware); diameter: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1987.148
