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Jade Foot Measure
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
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Tea Bowl with Russet Hare's Fur Markings
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The walls of this large yankou wan, or funnel-shaped, tea bowl expand from the small, circular foot, beginning their steep ascent to the lightly indented, vertical lip at an angle ...