Cizhou stoneware offering bowl, late Tang dynasty-Five Dynasties period, China, 10th century. Artist: Unknown

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Cizhou stoneware offering bowl, late Tang dynasty-Five Dynasties period, China, 10th century. A high-footed altar offering bowl with nearly flat everted mouth rim and widely splayed high foot. The grey stoneware body is covered with a white slip with green splashes in the glaze, covered by a transparent glaze stopping short of the base. The main section has moulded and applied Buddhist figures and swirling studs under the slip and glaze.

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Size: 2834px × 2216px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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