Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:
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ID_Number:
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WBD_09480
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Creator name:
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unknown
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Title:
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Wine Jar with Eight Immortals
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Date:
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1271–1368
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Date type:
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creation
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Repository name:
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Brooklyn Museum of Art
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Repository name variant:
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Brooklyn Museum
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Repository location:
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Brooklyn, NY
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Repository_inventory_ number:
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52.49.33
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Style_Period:
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Yuan
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Style_Period name variant:
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Yuan dynasty
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Subject:
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jars
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Subject:
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figures (representations)
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Subject:
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mythical or legendary beings
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Subject:
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immortals (legendary beings)
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Subject:
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clouds
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Subject:
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waves (natural events)
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Subject:
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men (male humans)
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Subject:
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women (female humans)
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Subject:
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patterns (design elements)
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Subject:
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Taoism (religions (belief systems, cultures)
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Culture:
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Chinese (culture or style)
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Category:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Work_type:
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ceramics (object genre)
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Work_type:
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pottery (object genre)
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Work_type:
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Longquan ware
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Material_Technique:
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high-fired green ware (celadon) with relief carvings
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Measurement:
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25.4 x 27.8 x 29.5 cm
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Copy_Source:
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digital image
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Image_Source:
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Walter Denny
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Note:
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From the Brooklyn Museum site, the wine jar depicts the Taoist legend of "8 Immortals Crossing the Waters (ba xian guo hai) on the belly. The 8 immortals are Lu Dongbin, Zhong Liquan. Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe, Tie Guaili, Han Xianzhi, Zhao Guojiu, He Xiangu. Legends say since they have magical powers, they can cross the seas."
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Rights Reproduction & Access:
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Duplication rights - Walter Denny
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Filename:
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WBD_09480.JPG
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view description:
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full view
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