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
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)On View
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