1963
White earthenware with relief decoration under partial brushed colored (ivory, blue, green and black) glazes.
26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
William A. Koshland, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1998.
Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
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