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Xing ware-type

Photo: Paul Macapia

Xing ware-type

10th century

This ewer was used as a wine bottle. The greenish-brown splashes on the white body are striking and rare.
Porcelain with white glaze on white slip, green-brown stripes
5 1/2 x 2 13/16 in. (13.97 x 7.15 cm)
Thomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection
51.122
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 38

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