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EWER
Glazed stoneware
Tongguan kilns, Changsha, Hunan, China
Tang Dynasty, 9th century
H 23 cm
A stoneware ewer with a short spout on the shoulder, handle and two suspension lugs, glazed with a brown lead-free glaze with molded applied relief plant decoration splashed with a darker glaze. These ewers in utilitarian shapes were produced in the Tongguan kilns near Changsha, and were widely exported during the Tang period. |
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