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Covered ovoid jar (guan)
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Covered ovoid jar with short, flared neck, the cover with small lotus-bud shaped knob; off-white stoneware with clear glaze over white slip ground. From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province.
Department of Asian Art
[The Chinese Porcelain Company New York April 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (2000-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Covered ovoid jar (guan)
Description:
Covered ovoid jar with short, flared neck, the cover with small lotus-bud shaped knob; off-white stoneware with clear glaze over white slip ground.
From northern China, probably from Hebei or Henan province.
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