Dish-mouthed bottle, one of a pair (pair with B60P158)

As a Liao piece, this dish-mouthed vessel is distinguishable from Han Chinese forms by its exceptional height and the strong contrast between its tall, thin neck and the wide shoulder of the vessel, which tapers to a footring at the base. Dish-mouthed bottles were found glazed in white or green, with painted dragon designs in red and gold, incised with sgraffito floral patterns, or lacquered and rimmed with silver. Examples bearing the carved character "guan" (official) were commissioned by the Liao aristocracy. They appear in tombs beginning in the middle tenth century and continue to be seen through the eleventh century in Liaoning (KGXB 1956.3: pl. 6.3; WW 1975.12: 43) and Hebei (WW 1992.6: pl. 4.2).