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Vessel

Place of OriginJiangsu province or Zhejiang province, China
PeriodWarring States period (approx. 475-221 BCE)
MaterialsHigh-fired purplish-brown earthenware with impressed crystal pattern
DimensionsH. 4 1/2 in x W. 6 3/4 in x Diam. 6 1/2 in, H. 11.5 cm x W. 17.2 cm x Diam. 16.5 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P432
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsCeramics
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High-fired earthenware resulted in a variety of colored bodies: charcoal, gray, vermilion, brown, or purple, as shown in this piece. High-fired earthenware jars were primarily produced for daily use, as shown by evidence found in Eastern Zhou tombs in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi. In order to build up a rather large jar, the hand-coiling method was used for the walls, then sections such as the bottom and mouth were attached. Sometimes the vessels were finished with a final wheel-throwing. Jiangsu and Zhejiang potters might have made this type of jar in the flourishing period of high-fired earthenware during the Warring States (WW 1985.6: 70; KGXB 1957.1: pl. II).