龍泉窯雙耳瓶, Vase with Dragonfish Handles, 12th–13th century

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龍泉窯雙耳瓶, Vase with Dragonfish Handles, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279), 12th–13th century, China, Porcelain with relief decoration under celadon glaze (Longquan ware), H. 6 3/4 in. ( cm), Ceramics, Vases of this type were especially popular in Japan, where they were sometimes used in the tea ceremony. The vase’s form, known as a mallet shape, can be traced to glass vessels produced in Syria in the ninth and tenth century and was most likely introduced to China at around that time

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