Wide Mouth Jar (guan), 10th-13th century, 10 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. ( x cm), Cizhou type ware Stoneware with dark brown glaze over trailed white slip ribs, China, 10th-13th century, Although their specific function is unknown, brown-glazed, globular-shaped jars with wide mouths, double handles, and vertical rib décor were popular northern kiln products during Northern Song (960-1127) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties. The distinguishing ribs are not rolled appliqué strips of clay as they seem, but rather, trailings of white kaolinic slip that were extruded onto the body of the vessel

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