Small Dish, 9th century, 1-5/8 x 5-7/16 x 5-7/16 in. ( x x cm), Xing ware Porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze, China, 9th century, White stoneware with a glazed surface made its appearance in the northern dynasties (420-589). The production of high-fired white stoneware was a major achievement; it broke away from the stereotypical celadon preceding it, helped create the taste for fine porcelain, and set the stage for overglaze painted stoneware. In the Sui Tang period (6th-7th centuries), white stoneware achieved renown in north China where it was originally produced

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