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Jar with two handles

Jar with two handles

Chinese

Ovoid jar with articulated neck, narrow shoulders, sides widening toward a flat base, and two lug handles ornamented with stylized zoomorphic heads; light gray stoneware with transparent olive-green glaze over applique handles and abstract designs impressed repeatedly over the entirety of the body, the glaze on the interior and exterior; base unglazed. From Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.

Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze

Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE

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