A Small Russet-Striped Blackish-Brown-Glazed Jar
A Small Russet-Striped Blackish-Brown-Glazed Jar

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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A Small Russet-Striped Blackish-Brown-Glazed Jar
Northern Song dynasty, 11th-12th century
Of bulbous form raised on an upright foot ring, the upper body covered with a lustrous blackish glaze decorated with russet streaks falling from just below the thinner brownish glaze on the shallow neck to pool in heavy drops on the lower body exposing the pale stoneware, the mouth rim wiped clean above the glazed interior
5½in. (14cm.) across, box

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