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Dished-mouth vessel

Dished-mouth vessel

Chinese

Compressed pear-shaped container with dish-shaped mouth, slender cylindrical neck, and body widening toward the base, which rests on a short footring; buff earthenware with pale yellowish-green lead-fluxed glaze that stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. One of a set of four burial vessels (2006.170.255-258).

Earthenware with lead fluxed glaze

Northern Qi (550-577) to Sui (581-618) dynasty

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