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Blue-Splashed Black-Glazed Stoneware Jar

CultureChinese
DateTang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906)
MediumStoneware
Dimensions4 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (11.8 x 13 x 13 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift of Smith Freeman and Austin Scarlett
Object number2009.26.13
DescriptionOf Lushan type, the globular vessel with twin lug handles flanking the wide mouth with short neck, covered with a very dark brown-black glaze decorated with pale bluish-milky-tan `phosphatic¿ splashes on the shoulders, the lower section unglazed revealing the pale buff-colored stoneware.
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