Chinese stoneware ewer, Changsha Kilns

An image of Greyish white stoneware ewer. Changsha Kilns. Ovoid body with an outspreading neck, a large band loop handle, and a short octagonal spout. The body is decorated with underglaze painting of flower design in brown, just beneath the spout, and covered with yellowish green glaze. 610-907. Chinese. Tang Dynasty (618-907).

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Greyish white stoneware ewer. Changsha Kilns. Ovoid body with an outspreading neck, a large band loop handle, and a short octagonal spout. The body is decorated with underglaze painting of flower design in brown, just beneath the spout, and covered with yellowish green glaze. 610-907. Chinese. Tang Dynasty (618-907).

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Accession Number: C.738-2016
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Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
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Image width: 746 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 374.17kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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Changsha Kilns Chinese ewer Fitz_AA glazed handle handled oval ovoid pottery spout spouted stoneware T'ang Dynasty Tang Dynasty underglaze vessel

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