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Ewer

700–750
(618-907)
glazed earthenware, sancai (three-color ware)
Diameter: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1987.148
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
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Description

Many sancai or "three-color" lead-glazed wares-such as this ewerare notable for their heavy dependence on metalwork prototypes. Such polychrome glazed wares were intended for the tomb.
Ewer

Ewer

700–750

China, Tang dynasty (618-907)

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