Jar with Lion-Head Handles

A blue-and-white porcelain jar stands on a gray ground, its shoulders and belly covered in underglaze painted lotus scrolls, peonies, and bands of geometric patterns. Two lion-head handles project from the upper body, and the rim is banded with a meander pattern.

Look closer: A Greek-key meander band runs around the rim at the top of the jar.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1300s

Medium

porcelain with underglaze painted decoration

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 3203 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund