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See Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Catalogue, Vol. I, 1976, pl. 322 for a similar amber-glazed pilgrim flask
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A SMALL WELL-POTTED AMBER-GLAZED POTTERY FLASK LIAO DYNASTY
The well-proportioned body modeled in imitation of a leather flask with cylindrical mouth and pinched loop handle, covered in a finely crackled amber glaze over a cream-colored slip which falls in an irregular line towards the slightly flared ring foot to expose the pinkish ware--8 3/4in. (22.2cm.) high
The well-proportioned body modeled in imitation of a leather flask with cylindrical mouth and pinched loop handle, covered in a finely crackled amber glaze over a cream-colored slip which falls in an irregular line towards the slightly flared ring foot to expose the pinkish ware--8 3/4in. (22.2cm.) high