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Covered ovoid jar (guan)

Covered ovoid jar (guan)

Chinese

Covered ovoid jar with short, flared neck, the cover with small lotus-bud shaped knob; off-white stoneware with clear glaze over white slip ground. From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province.

Off-white stoneware with clear glaze

Tang dynasty, 618-907

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