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Ceramic

White jug with two gold bands

Crazed white glaze, two thin gold bands and an angular handle, on a red tabletop.

A white ceramic jug with two thin gold bands stands on a red surface.
Fig. 1CeramicRed tabletop

A white jug with a wide pouring lip and an angular handle. Two thin gold lines run around it: one just below the rim, one around the middle of the body.

The glaze is crazed all over with fine cracks, easiest to follow across the front of the body. A few small dark specks sit in the glaze between the two bands.

The body narrows to a short, rounded foot. The jug stands on a chipped and speckled red tabletop, and the red makes the white read cooler than it would on a pale ground.

Detail of the jug: the upper gold band and the rim, with the crazed glaze.
Fig. 1a Upper band and rim.
Detail of the jug: the lower gold band and the foot.
Fig. 1b Lower band and foot.

Specimen facts

ObjectJug with two gold bands
MaterialCeramic
Photograph byBigul Malayi, CC0-1.0

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