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Cuspidor

Cuspidor

Chinese

Compressed pear-shaped receptacle supported on a short, wide footring, the upper portion in the form of a conical bowl, with small circular opening at the juncture between the upper and lower halves; porcelaneous white stoneware with lustrous ivory-hued glaze. Probably from the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze

Tang dynasty, 618-907

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