Proto-Porcelain Ribbed Jar

Artist Unidentified artist Chinese

CultureChinese, Eastern Zhou dynasty

Date5th-4th Century BCE

Mediumstoneware with natural ash glaze

Dimensions10 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (27.3 x 40 x 40 cm)

Classificationsceramics

Credit LineGift of Smith Freeman and Austin Scarlett

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Object number2009.26.18

DescriptionOf wide-shouldered ovoid form, decorated with two bands of knife-pared vertical ribs and with stamped spiral motifs around the wide mouth interrupted by a pair of small loop and loose ring handles, the stoneware body covered with a mottled olive-tan `kiln gloss¿ glaze. (broken and restored)

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