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Past Exhibition

EARLY CHINESE WHITE WARES
The Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection

September 11 - October 3, 2015

A JAR AND COVER
5.
A JAR AND COVER

Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907)
Xing kilns

of almost spherical form with short neck, the wide mouth with thick rolled-out rim, the cover of shallow domed shape with small bud-form knop, covered inside and out with a glossy transparent glaze, the glaze on the jar ending just above the crisply cut edge of the flat base, revealing the fine white porcelaneous body.

Height overall 5 12 inches (13.9 cm)

From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Tai, New York

A Xingyao white porcelain jar of very similar form, lacking a cover, is illustrated by Zhao and Zhang (eds.), Qiannian Xingyao (Xing Kiln in its Millennium), Beijing, 2007, p. 181.

唐 邢窰白瓷蓋罐 通高 13.9 厘米

5.
A JAR AND COVER

Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907)
Xing kilns

Height overall 5 12 inches (13.9 cm)

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