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Gallery Location
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China
Medium Wheel-thrown stoneware with metallic rust paint and glaze
Geography
China
Date early 12th-13th century AD
Period Jin-Yuan Dynasty
Dimensions 15.9 x 20.6 cm
Object number 990.201.6
Credit Line Bequest of Dr. Herman H. Levy
Cataloguer Patricia Proctor ROM Staff 1971-2015
Collection
Description
Wide-mouthed; sides rounded smoothly out from low incined foot and then swell before rounding in to shoulder; low neck with rolled rim; shallow slightly convex base; interior rounded down to flat bottom.  Light buff stoneware with lustrous black glaze on all but footrim and broad cut ring in interior bottom; a few scattered glaze flaws and pits on one side.  Painted decoration in metallic rust: exterior with two stylized flowers.Wide-mouthed; sides rounded smoothly out from low incined foot and then swell before rounding in to shoulder; low neck with rolled rim; shallow slightly convex base; interior rounded down to flat bottom.  Light buff stoneware with lustrous black glaze on all but footrim and broad cut ring in interior bottom; a few scattered glaze flaws and pits on one side.  Painted decoration in metallic rust: exterior with two stylized flowers.
Jar
Jar - 990.201.6_1
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