8th-early 5th century BCE
4.5 x 10.6 x 0.1 cm (1 3/4 x 4 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
German private collection (by 1991). [Frank L. Kovacs, San Rafael, CA, sold]; to the Harvard University Art Museums.
Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
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