Jar with Dragon-Headed Handles, Tang dynasty (618–907), 7th century, China, Stoneware with raised decoration on white slip

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Jar with Dragon-Headed Handles, Tang dynasty (618–907), 7th century, China, Stoneware with raised decoration on white slip under straw-yellow glaze, H. 20 1/8 in. ( cm); Diam. 10 3/4 in. ( cm); Diam. of foot 4 7/8 in. ( cm), Ceramics, The long and complicated history of the shape illustrates the wide-ranging influences found in Chinese art in the seventh and eighth centuries, when China was the center of a trading network that stretched from the Mediterranean to Korea and Japan

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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