Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1279)
of compressed spherical form with wide mouth and short straight neck, the barrel-rounded sides decorated with eight clusters of three white ribs projecting through the dark chocolate-brown glaze, and with four tapered loop handles, each embellished with a cross over three ribs in white slip, the rich brown glaze ending in a line around the steeply in-curved base, resting on a short ring foot, the exposed stoneware of the foot and base fired pale tan-brown.
Diameter 6 inches (15.2 cm)
From the Collection of Carl Kempe (1884–1967), Ekolsund, Sweden
宋 黑釉直肋紋罐 徑 15.2 厘米