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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Spherical Jun vase
Date Made:1368-1644 (Ming Dynasty)
Type:Container
Materials:Ceramic; stoneware with gray green glaze and splashes of blue and plum color (Jun ware)
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:Overall: 9 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 24.8 cm x 29.2 cm x 29.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2012.40.8
Credit Line:Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A spherical jar with a short cylindrical neck and very wide shoulders which taper to a ring foot. The jar is covered with an opalescent gray-green glaze which falls unevenly around the foot and has four splashes of blue and plum color.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; pottery; vessels; containers

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