Jar (Amphora) with Dragon Handles
A tall, pear-shaped stoneware jar with a pale grey-green glaze, a ribbed cylindrical neck and a flared mouth. Two handles arch from the shoulder to the neck, each ending in a modeled dragon head with a curled crest. Faint rust-colored patches show on the lower body.
Look closer: Small modeled lotus-like bud shapes sit inside the flared mouth rim at the top.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 600s
- Medium
- glazed stoneware with modeled and applied decoration
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2444 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 699).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King