Lidded Jar
1100-1200 (made)
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Jun ware pear-shaped jar with a wide mouth and a low footrim. The lid is of a sunken dish-shaped form with a small central knob. Both jar and lid are covered with a rich lavender-blue glaze with whitish markings, the interior of the jar is also glazed. The footrim base is unglazed but the inside of the ring glazed. The underside of the lid is unglazed.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, glazed |
| Brief description | Jun ware. Lidded jar, stoneware with a pale lavender-blue glaze; China (Henan province) |
| Physical description | Jun ware pear-shaped jar with a wide mouth and a low footrim. The lid is of a sunken dish-shaped form with a small central knob. Both jar and lid are covered with a rich lavender-blue glaze with whitish markings, the interior of the jar is also glazed. The footrim base is unglazed but the inside of the ring glazed. The underside of the lid is unglazed. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs B. Z. Seligman |
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| Accession number | FE.168&A-1974 |
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| Record created | August 19, 2005 |
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