Guan Storage Jar, 2nd-1st century BCE, 13 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( x cm), Yue ware High-fired stoneware with incised decor under a celadon glaze, China, 2nd-1st century BCE, Building up coiled strips of rather coarse clay created the body of this relatively popular western Han vessel type. Applied to the shoulder area is a thin, yellowish-green glaze associated with several Western Han burials excavated in present day Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The jar has been fired at a relatively high temperature (about 1200 degrees C.) giving rise to its popular descriptive term, 'proto-porcelain

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