Jar
CultureChinese
DateSui (581-618 C.E.)-Tang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumGlazed stoneware
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 × 6 inches (16.19 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF86-45/4
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DescriptionOf ovoid form, resting on a solid foot with splayed edge, the slightly flaring short neck encircled by four small double-stranded loop handles applied high on the rounded shoulder above engraved double-line border, the hard grayish-white stoneware body covered with a white slip and applied with a finely crackled translucent pale greenish glaze ending in an uneven line short of the base, and with attractive drips of glaze hanging lower in places.
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