Jar and Cover, 6th century BCE, 12 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. ( x cm), High-fired stoneware with incised designs, China, 6th century BCE, This hand-built vessel has been decorated with incised patterns and three nonfunctional handles made of pinched clay. During the period leading up to the Warring States period (475-221 BCE), craftsmen working in the south in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces used high-fired clay to create utilitarian vessels of basic designs. The hard stoneware was durable, practical, and impervious to water

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