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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:"Bamboo" Jar with Lid
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Container
Materials:Qing-bai ware
Place Made:China
Measurements:jar: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. diameter; 18.415 x 13.97 cm; lid: 1 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. diameter; 4.7625 x 8.5725 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unmarked
Accession Number:  SC 2003.32.5
Credit Line:Gift of Robert T. Basseches and Harriet I. Basseches, class of 1958
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
body shaped like bamboo plant with three rows of 5 knobs running up body sides, lid with bird on top as knob; has a wooden box

Label Text:
The shape of this jar is meant to represent the base of a bamboo plant, the small circles of clay representing where the roots have been cut off. This plant signifies rebirth/evergreen life. The lid has an abstracted crane or goose on top.

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