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This stoneware globular jar has a straight neck, articulated rim, and two opposing loop handles connecting the neck to the shoulder. Six groups of four vertical ribs are placed around the body. The upper two-thirds of the exterior is covered in a black glaze over a white slip. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
1000 – 1279
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.64
A large stoneware jar with wide shoulders tapering to a narrow foot, with a wide mouth and very short neck. The jar is covered in a white slip with a painted dark brown calligraphic slip decoration of a peony flower on one side and a figure in a landscape on the other. Both are in mandorla shaped painted frames, surrounded by floral meander decoration. The jar is covered in a clear glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
1271 – 1368
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Martha and William Steen
1987/1.261
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