Pear-shaped stoneware vessel with mottled yellow-white glaze, two loop handles, and a central handle topped by dragon-like heads, on a gray background.

Amphora with Three Dragon-Shaped Handles

A pear-shaped stoneware vessel with a mottled yellowish-white glaze stands against a gray background. Two looping side handles and a central strap handle ending in dragon-like heads at the mouth frame the body, with a lotus-like terminal at its base.

Artist: Unknown
Date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century
Medium: Stoneware with yellowish-white glaze
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2389 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Dr. Edith B. Farnsworth Collection

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