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A Xing white glazed jar – Tang Dynasty

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This bowl-shaped jar has a constricted mouth with rounded lip, sloping shoulders and a bulging belly. The hard, slightly coarse, body is greyish white. The flat foot is slightly concave. Both the interior and the upper part of the exterior are coated in a white slip and covered in a transparent glaze. The lower part of the outside body and the base are unglazed. These jars have been found in the excavations of the Xing kiln sites and can be dated to mid Tang.

 

Period: Tang dynasty (618-907)

Size: Height 8 cm, diameter at the widest place 13 cm

Condition: Good condition, wear and firing flaws, some discoloration to the glaze, especially to the interior, no cracks or repairs.

Provenance: From a German collection assembled in the 1960s

SKU: 214

References: Similar jars have been found in the excavations of the Xing kilns sites (1987-2014). Several are illustrated in Xing Kiln: 2 volumes, edited by Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology et al., Beijing, Science Press, 2021, plate 112 (see last photo).

 

More info: Northern White Ware