Pilgrim Bottle
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
This clay flask mimics the shape of leather water vessels used by travelers throughout the world. In China, canteens made of animal skin were associated primarily with nomadic people—such as the ancestors of the Liao rulers—and with Buddhist pilgrims, who traveled long distances to visit holy sites. Many ceramic re-creations of leather flasks have been found in Liao tombs among the many items needed by the dynasty’s horse-riding elite for their journey into the afterlife.
MEDIUM
Earthenware, green glaze
DATES
907-1125
DYNASTY
Liao Dynasty
PERIOD
Liao Dynasty
DIMENSIONS
10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
50.162
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Horace O. Havemeyer, by exchange
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
CAPTION
Pilgrim Bottle, 907-1125. Earthenware, green glaze, 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Horace O. Havemeyer, by exchange, 50.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 50.162_bw.jpg)
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